Pastor Laura led worship again last Sunday. We sang the song “His Mercy is More” by Matt Papa. The melody is simple but oh, that chorus!
“Praise the Lord, His mercy is more. Stronger than darkness, new every morn. Our [My] sins they are many, His mercy is more.”
The Scriptures are clear that we are to be holy like our God is holy. We are to avoid sin, even the appearance of evil. Yet, we still sin. Sometimes it is outward and noticeable to all. Sometimes it is an inner attitude or bitterness only seen by God.
At times, we are weighed down by the sin in our lives and the harder we try to avoid it, the more we seem to collide with it. The enemy of our soul loves to temp us. The world loves to sabotage us. Our own flesh even rebels against our good intentions.
As we sang that wonderful chorus on Sunday, I felt such relief. No matter my sin, God’s mercy to me is more. No matter how many my sins, God’s mercy to me is abundantly more.
I think when David wrote Psalm 23 and included the wonderful truth that “Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of our life,” he knew what it was to experience the mercy of God over his sin.
As I joined in singing the song last Sunday, I was reminded that I, too, know what it is like to experience the mercy of God over my sin.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” [1John 1:9 HCSB]
