UCB WORD FOR TODAY 25 MARCH 2026 (WEDNESDAY DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE)
Read UCB Word For Today 25 March 2026 Daily Devotional by United Christian Broadcasters.
TOPIC: The fifth Beatitude
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‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.’
Matthew 5:7 NKJV
Mercy is more than forgiveness, less than love, different from grace, and one with justice. Forgiveness becomes operational only when a wrong is committed, but mercy is operational at all times. Mercy leads to and produces forgiveness, but mercy is more than forgiveness. Mercy reaches out to the weak, to the needy, and to those needing protection and direction.
Just as forgiveness flows out of mercy, so mercy flows out of love. Love is the source of mercy, but love is greater than mercy – it exists apart from any need or sin. Mercy offers a reprieve from punishment, but grace offers complete pardon. Mercy relieves our pain, but grace cures the disease. Mercy overlooks the mistakes, but grace forgets the mistakes. God is both merciful and just at the same time. Mercy that ignores or refuses to deal with sin is a false mercy. Justice requires that we face and deal with sin. Mercy grants us the privilege of facing and dealing with it so we might be forgiven of it.
Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.’ The more mercy we exercise, the more mercy we receive from God. We are to be conduits for God’s mercy with an ever-increasing capacity to impart it to others. The person who exercises mercy is unshackled from emotional chains, freed of spiritual bondage, and liberated from the bitterness that hinders spiritual growth. Mercy flowing from God to us removes the blockages that keep us from becoming whole. And the good news is that we will never be asked to extend more mercy to others than God has extended to us.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Deuteronomy 16-18, Mark 13:1-20
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