“The Balance Between Mercy and Truth”

Proverbs 3:3-4  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:  (4)  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

We are to ensure that we do not allow mercy and truth to slip away from us and be replaced with worldliness. Let them be as a chain around your neck and as written on your heart so they go wherever you go

You need mercy and truth; not just mercy because having only mercy will allow all manner of compromise. This can cause you to think that making people happy is the goal. You also cannot just have truth because having only truth can be rigid and you’ll think keeping rules is equivalent to holiness and righteousness.

“So shalt thou find favour…” When you learn to balance mercy and truth, you will have favor with God and with people.  You will find favor with God because God will see you standing firmly on the truth while treating people as you should. You will have favor with people because people will see you as someone who stands firmly on the truth while giving mercy because you give space and allowance for spiritual growth.

“So shalt thou find…and good understanding in the sight of God and man.” You will find good understanding with God because God will give you more understanding as you learn this skill of balancing mercy and truth. You will find good understanding with people because you will learn how people actually operate.

Balancing mercy and truth will help Godliness develop in people’s hearts, where it should be developed. In most cases, this will influence the lazy to work, the stubborn to submit, the proud to serve, the angry to forgive, the rigid to show mercy, and the weak to have boundaries.

“…bind them about thy neck…” Bind this obligation upon your neck like a yoke and every time you are faced with a challenging situation, you will remember your responsibility to balance mercy and truth.

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