Timberlake Tales: Missional Focus: {Day 27} Mercy

Being missional is living a life that involves intentionally serving others to win more to Christ through living out and sharing the Gospel.

Luke 10:25-37 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

²⁵ And a ^[a]lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶ And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? ^[b]How does it read to you?” ²⁷ And he answered, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” ²⁹ But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

The Good Samaritan
³⁰ Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ^[c]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹ And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, ³⁴ and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ On the next day he took out two ^[d]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ ³⁶ Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” ³⁷ And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ^[e]the same."

Aren't we the image of the man travelling down the road, and Jesus Christ the loving Samaritan who comes upon us.

Satan loves to rob us of our joy, our peace, our blessings and leave us lying on the road with nothing.

Our Saviour loves nothing more than bandaging our wounds, bringing us to His inn and showing us mercy.

If we profess to love our Lord, we must follow in His footsteps in living out the Gospel. Showing mercy to those in need, binding wounds in His name, pointing people to Him with our actions and our words.

"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6