February 4, 2013 – Psalms 136 – 138

I sometimes catch myself thinking “how boring” when I see a Psalm like this. “His mercy endures forever” must be repeated about 30 times. You have to catch yourself from not skipping over it while you are reading and just going to the different parts. But ask yourself why it is repeated. What is God trying to show us by making a statement or saying an event and following it by “His mercy endures forever”? Obviously the focus is on His mercy, but do we really understand what that means or do we see His mercy in so many different aspects of our life. God has every right to punish us, to actually stop our very existence, and has the power to end it all and that is probably what we deserve. Every moment we exist is a moment of His great mercy. Because He is merciful, we are here. And we must constantly remind ourselves of this because it is constantly true and will be true until the end of time. When you think about it that way, “His mercy endures forever” isn’t written in the Bible enough.