A Sermon on the Mercy of God: The Lord’s Mercies

Lamentations 3:18–26

Notice Verse 22 – It is of the Lord’s Mercies.

This is the thrust of the message tonight.

A Canadian war correspondent wrote of an experience of the eve of one of the great battles of Flander.

He Said,

“At about midnight the quiet was suddenly broken by the roar of German artillery. The shower of shells began to fall upon the British tranches. The British batteries began to reply. All through the night you could hear the noise of death’s messengers.

Toward the morning the guns stopped as quickly as it began. The hush of night fell upon the field of death.

Then I heard another sound.

Somewhere far above a lark became to sing.

Weary with the noise and the confusion of the strife the little herald of dawn had mounted up until he saw the first gleam of the coming day, and called the good news to those that were still in darkness that daylight was about to come.

Note: I find in Lamentations chapter three (At least the center part of this book) – the song of a lark above a battle field.

One Commentary writer said, “It is a ray of light shot into the dungeon of despair.”

Note: Truthfully, the book of lamentations is a book pierced through with pessimism.

Note: Nowhere in Bible literature will you find such a despondent Writing

Begins with a moan

Ends with a sigh

Every chapter have rivers of tears

Note: Right in the middle of this sad commentary there is this beam of light that Jeremiah writes:

22 “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.””

‌Someone has well said, “Blessed are those that can find a merciful father through the gate of pain and disappointment.”

Note: These are the ones that sing the lark song above a field of despair and discouragement.

Note: It is easy to think about a merciful God when Jerusalem reigned among the nations.

Note: When Jerusalem’s people are princes among the nations

Note: When the fire of devotion is burning from the altar.

Note: It’s a greater thing when we focus on the mercy of God:

• When the people are trotted down
• When the alters are desecrated
• When their sons are taken into a strange land.

Note: We all have different circumstances.

Note: For every circumstances and every event in our lives – we ought to be able to sing this song – His mercies are new every morning.

Note: Just as it takes 7 strands of colors to weave a rainbow – It also takes different trials to mature the child of God.

Note: It is the dark face of the storm clouds and the sun nestled beside it that produces a rainbow – without the storm we would not have the rainbow.

Note: In the midst of these storms in our life.

Note: In the midst of these hard times.

Note: We can focus on that lark singing loudly in the tree.

Note: The mercy of God – shining down on our life

Note: Let’s look together the mercy of God.