v. 2 – May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Devotional:

I am terrible at math. Not just bad but terrible. My 11-year-old daughter, Anna Kathryn, runs circles around me in regard to basic arithmetic. It’s sad really. In fact, I am so bad at math that I am thankful restaurants put recommended tips on receipts now so I don’t have to screw up the percentages.

Do you know who is not bad at math? God. He’s really good at it. One thing I’ve learned is God doesn’t usually do math by addition, He does it by multiplication. He is always doing exceedingly and abundantly more than we have even thought to ask or can imagine (Ephesians 3:20). And He has infinitely multiplied His mercy toward us who are His beloved.

Here is what I believe is God’s favorite equation:
Infinity x Infinity = Infinity

Infinity is any number or amount which is greater than a number or amount you can imagine so if you multiply infinity x infinity then you will get a number or amount you can’t imagine. God’s mercy and love toward us, His beloved ones, is so far beyond anything we have the capacity to imagine. We don’t have the ability to think of its length, depth, or breadth. It is beyond us, and yet, it is set on us.

“But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ
our Savior,” – Titus 3:4-6

You will never run out of mercy that comes from heaven. The cross of Jesus Christ both propitiates (paid for) and expiates (covered infinitely) our sin. He will never grow tired of filling your bucket with His mercy. And the truth is you can’t empty your bucket for him to have to refill it because it’s always full.

It’s the same with peace and love. He constantly fills us until overflowing. Peace is the pursuit most people are on. They want peace in their lives and minds. For the believer, we have it without end. Peace for us is a person and that person is the infinite King Jesus whose reign will never end and His peace is sure. His kingdom is a kingdom of peace because He is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). When we place our trust in Jesus, we have peace without fail or end because He can’t fail and He has no end!

I pray, along with Jude, that mercy, peace, and love will be multiplied to you right now. Or better yet, I pray you will walk in the awareness of how mercy, peace, and love have already been multiplied to you infinitely.

REFLECTION:
In what ways has God been flling your bucket with mercy, peace or love this week?
What do you feel like you are lacking that you need to ask God to multiply today?