In Psalm 62:11 and 12 David speaks of the perfect blend, Power and mercy. Power without mercy leads to tyranny. Mercy without power is worthless. In this short psalm David sings of God’s character. He uses strong words like: rock, salvation, strength, glory and refuge to describe him.
In the last two verses he says, “God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: that power belongs to God. Also to you, O Lord, belongs mercy....” David’s God, The God of the Bible is a powerful and merciful God.
Salvation is about both these. Breaking God’s law launched an impassable barrier, an eternally deep abyss and an impossible problem. Man was severed from God’s perfection and from intimate intercourse with his Creator. Man who was made to commune with eternal God was now impossibly outside His sphere and cast from His realm. Disobedience had wreaked havoc on the perfect relationship. Man still reels from that act.
Yet God’s power guided by His mercy worked a plan, His plan. God Himself would intervene. Jesus Christ would take the form of a man and submit himself to the just punishment for Adam’s act of treason. Jesus Christ would become the suffering servant and humble lamb who would take the burden of sin and pay its price. He would depend on God’s power and mercy.
It was God’s mercy that sent Jesus to suffer and die. It was His power that made that transaction a reality. Power can corrupt. Mercy can fool but together they make an incredible blend that allow holy communion with our holy God.
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