Mercy of God

Ray Ortlund post:  Dealing with Discouragement

“Having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.”    II Corinthians 4:1

“How do you handle discouragement?  … Some of us can become impatient, some of us may give in to murmuring, some of us may opt for some form of self-medication in hopes of just drowning the discouragement out.  What kept the apostle Paul from throwing in the towel was the mercy of God.  When you know you deserved death, and you get life, it changes everything.  Paul never got over having experienced the mercy of God in his life – of being able to get what he didn’t deserve.  That gives Paul the power to persevere.  Paul’s secret is that he never lost sight of it.  He never got over God’s mercy, and throughout his life it changed everything. Mercy was Paul’s medicine.”

-Rev. Paul Beck, preaching here

Guest post by Gavin Ortlund