Day 282: OCT 9TH: REBUILT BY GRACE, ESTABLISHED BY MERCY

Scripture

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

DAILY WISDOM

When everything else is shaken, God’s mercy remains the foundation for rebuilding.

MESSAGE

One of the most remarkable truths of the Kingdom is this: God rebuilds people, not based on their perfection, but on the solid ground of His mercy. When people fall, the world turns away from them. When they stumble, the systems of this age abandon them. But when God sees ruins, He sees an opportunity for redemption. He starts over—not from judgment, but from mercy.

 

Isaiah 54:10, “The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee…”

 

God’s mercy is not just having feelings of sympathy. It is a covenant force. It holds you up when everything else falls apart. It changes the judgment that failure tries to place on you. When mountains of failure shift and hills of stability fade away, mercy restores stability.

 

Rebuilding is never something earned. It is always given freely. You are not deserving of a second chance because you cried. You are deserving because He remembered mercy.

 

That’s why the devil fears those who understand mercy. He can accuse them, but he cannot stop them. He can remind them of their failures, but mercy elevates them.

 

Psalm 130:3–4, “If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.”

 

People respect God not just because of His power, but because of His mercy. His mercy repositions those who have fallen. It refines the broken. It restores the forgotten. It re-anoints the rejected.

 

When God restores, He doesn’t take you back to where you were. He lifts you higher than where you fell from. That is the power of mercy. It rewrites your story with glory.

 

Micah 7:18, “Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity… because he delighteth in mercy?”

 

Mercy is not God’s weakness; it is His joy. He finds pleasure in fixing what was shattered. He is not a Father who forgives grudgingly. He is a God who runs to the lost, honors them, and celebrates their return.

 

What qualifies you to be used again is not that you’ve never failed. It is that you believe He still has a purpose for you, even after failure. You must build your foundation on mercy. Your prayer life should be rooted in mercy. Your calling must be fueled by it. Your identity must rest on it.

 

Lamentations 3:22–23, “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning…”

 

Every morning you wake up is a fresh reminder that Heaven has not abandoned you. Every breath you take is a sign of mercy. Every prayer you say is accepted not because of your words, but because of His blood.

 

Your ruins will not stay ruins. Your wounds will not remain unhealed. Mercy is at work. And when mercy acts, new beginnings are formed.

 

Your assignment is not done. Your purpose is not lost. Your altar is not too broken to be fixed. His mercy is your new beginning.

 

God is rebuilding people in this season. Not the perfect, but the willing. Not the proud, but the humble. Not the impressive, but the repentant.

 

You are not too far gone for recovery. You are not beyond importance. You are not beyond restoration. You are not disqualified. You are redeemed.

 

Rise from your ruins. Mercy is calling.

 

KEY LEARNING POINTS

 

  1. GOD’S MERCY IS A COVENANT FORCE THAT OUTLIVES CIRCUMSTANCES

Isaiah 54:10, “My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed…”

 

  1. YOU ARE REBUILT BY MERCY, NOT BY MERIT

Titus 3:5, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us…”

 

  1. MERCY IS THE FOUNDATION FOR NEW BEGINNINGS

Lamentations 3:22–23, “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed… they are new every morning.”

 

  1. GOD’S MERCY DOES NOT LOWER THE STANDARD. IT EMPOWERS YOU TO RISE TO IT

Jude 1:24, “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling…”

 

  1. THE MERCIFUL NATURE OF GOD IS A SPIRITUAL ADVANTAGE IN DESTINY

Psalm 103:10–11, “He hath not dealt with us after our sins… For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy…”

 

  1. WHEN YOU RECEIVE MERCY, YOU BECOME AN INSTRUMENT OF MERCY

Matthew 5:7, “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”

DAILY PURPOSE NOTE

Embrace God’s mercy as your foundation. Let it be your reason to rise again and rebuild what life tried to destroy.

DAILY PROPHETIC DECLARATION

  1. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY THAT HAS PRESERVED MY LIFE AND PURPOSE.
  2. BY YOUR MERCY, I RISE FROM EVERY PIT AND STEP INTO MY DESTINY.
  3. EVERY CONDEMNATION THAT ACCUSES MY FUTURE, I CANCEL BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
  4. I RECEIVE THE STRENGTH TO REBUILD AND RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT WAS LOST.
  5. LORD, MAKE ME A VOICE OF MERCY TO MY GENERATION.
  6. I DECLARE THAT I AM A TESTIMONY OF RESTORATION BY MERCY.

ONE-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:

ISAIAH 23–24 

2 TIMOTHY 1 

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