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How beautiful is the gift of divine mercy falling in the weeks between Passover and Pentecost?
The Lord already has given us so many gifts in the gift of his dying and resurrection and the fulfillment of the scriptures, yet here he is once more, pouring forth his goodness in divine revelation! And it’s not just in any season that he pours forth his wisdom, but a divinely appointed season, which was created from the beginning.
What is Divine Mercy? The Gift of God’s total love.
It wasn’t enough just to baptize his children in water, they would need to be baptized by his blood, in order to receive the fullness of his mercy and the grace to overcome.
WHAT is the Victory THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD?
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. 1 John 5:4
WHO is it that OVERCOMES?
Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5
WHO is Divine Mercy?
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. 1 John 5:6
How fitting it is that such a divine reflection is given us to ponder in this same season God’s chosen ones are called to reflect on the goodness of His nature in a more intimate way. When we count the Omer in our hearts we see the gift of Christ’s offering as not merely expiation to the Law for our sins but as an invitation to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. When we eat of the bread of Life, we grow off the nutrients of good food. Man cannot live off bread alone. Nor can water sustain him for eternity. The source of all life is in the blood. For us to live as a new creation in Christ, we would need both water and blood.
It is not enough to live off the living water of God’s word alone, in baptism and the Law; we must come to the acceptance of his life source, in the Omer, the bread that gives us energy to grow in grace, the blood that gives us his power to demonstrate his divine mercy and love. By the water, we belong to God under the Law, but by Christ’s blood, we become God’s children under the power of the Holy Spirit. (Keep reading today’s post on “Divine Mercy in the Omer” by clicking the link above.)
I would like to invite you to consider these 50 days between Easter and Pentecost (Passover to Shavu’ot) as a time to re-set and be re-newed by reflecting on your relationship with God. Whether you re-calibrate your heart by Counting the Omer with me or choosing to spend these next days in quiet contemplation or by going over your journal entries from the past years to reflect on how the light of Christ has guided you into the fullness of his plans for you, it’s important we take this season to prepare our hearts for the more God desires to give us and invite him to show us where we might be strengthened to expand. As Christians, we understand that Easter is not just one day but a lifetime of walking in Christ’s resurrection power! The flame of Pentecost is one that must be continually watched over in the heart in order to assure it is accurately re-presenting the eternal flame of Christ and not left aside or unprotected to be quietly snuffed out.
May what we reflect of him exclaim loudly, “Jesus, we Trust in You!”
Until the Day Dawns and the Shadows Flee,
🔥 Kim
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