Call On the Mercy of God

Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not."

“And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” -Mark 9:17,18,22

In this Scripture passage, a man brought his son to Jesus’ disciples and asked them to deliver his son from the seizures he was experiencing. The father said to Jesus, “An evil spirit is causing my son’s condition. I asked Your disciples to cast it out, but they couldn’t.”

Then the disciples brought the boy to Jesus, and the man said, “If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

The man called on the compassion, or the mercy, of God. When you call on the mercy of God, you are calling on His very nature. He is the God of mercy. He is the God of compassion.

In Matthew 20:30, two blind men called on Jesus. They cried out, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, son of David.” The disciples and the people in the crowd tried to quiet them down, but they kept crying, “Have mercy on us. O Lord, son of David.”

Jesus didn’t say, Do you want your sight?” He didn’t say, Do you want your healing?” He just asked, “What would you have Me do?” You see, the blind men in Matthew 20 and the father in Mark 9 called on Gods nature. So Jesus responded, “I’m at your disposal. You called on the nature of God. Whatever you need, want or desire is yours because you’ve called on His nature to receive your answer. I’m here to meet your needs.” And the blind men received their sight!

CONFESSION:

My God is full of mercy and compassion. His nature is to give life, to save, to heal, to help, to deliver. I call on His compassion and mercy and by faith receive the healing He has provided for me.