Consume us with Your mercy, for with You there is mercy

2025

A simple yet powerful cry.

This is not just a poetic plea - it is deep.

The Psalmist declares, “If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared… O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.” (Psalm 130:3–4, 7 NKJV)

To be consumed by mercy is to be overwhelmed not by judgment, but by the kindness that flows from God’s nature.

It’s to say: “Let Your mercy be so tangible, so real, that it overtakes every fear, every failure, every shortcoming in me.”

It is to be reminded that mercy is not God turning a blind eye - mercy is God choosing to love in spite of what He sees.

And it is with Him - in His presence, in communion with Him - that mercy is found.

So we pray:

Consume us, O Lord, not with wrath but with mercy. Let it saturate our hearts, heal our minds, and remind us we are Yours.