Motivational Gifts – The Gift of Mercy

Jude 1:22 - On some having compassion making a difference…

Thank goodness for the gift of mercy! If you have this gift I’d like to tell you that you are a great asset to the saved and unsaved alike.

1. You can be patient with a person long after others have given up on them. People with this gift have the ability to long-suffer with others despite their weaknesses and failures. Unlike the prophet, who will stick with you for 6 weeks, the person with the gift of mercy will stick with you for 6 years!

2. You are a great intercessor. Now, prophet people are excellent intercessors too. However, the prayers of the prophet and the person with mercy are two different prayers. (And both will have tears in their eyes). The prophet prays: Father, I ask that your will for Jane be done. No matter what you have to do Lord to get her to repent. Break her, mold her and make her. Do it, NOW Lord! In Jesus Name – Amen. The mercy person prays: Oh Merciful Father, I know Jane is in sin…but have mercy on her. She is weak and you know that we are only flesh. Please Lord, have mercy. Please. Amen. LOL!

3. You HATE to see people suffer! Mercy people will do ANYTHING to keep people from crying or feeling any type of pain. If you have a mercy person watching a commercial that is asking for money for poor people in other countries they will be the first to want to give. If they had the money, they will even go to the other country. Mercy people will be the only one in your living room crying during the commercial. Meanwhile the prophet is rolling their eyes at them thinking, Sucker! LOL.

4.You have a very difficult time telling people no. People with this gift have the ability to beat around the bush for ages before they tell you no. As a matter of fact, they will walk away from you without even saying no! They rather not even answer you than to say no. Most times they will do stuff they don’t even want to do just because they can’t say no! lol.

5. You make excuses for people’s sin. Unfortunately this can be a downfall for the mercy person. Instead of calling sin what it is, the mercy person will make excuses because they don’t want to hurt anyone! So, instead of telling David he is in sin, the mercy person will say “We ALL sin”. This is not good because although there is a time for mercy to be shown a person MUST live right. Making excuses for a person living in sin only keeps them sinning.

6. You have problems with lying. Again, this is not good for the person with this gift, but I understand why they do it. They lie, again, because they don’t want to see people hurt. Mercy people don’t see lies as lies. They see it as PROTECTION. But mercy people, one sin does not cancel out the other. You have to start calling things what they REALLY ARE and stop lying. In the long run, you only hurt the person you are lying to.

7. You have an EXCELLENT understanding of the mercy of God. God is infinitely merciful. The bible says he lets the sun shine on the just as well as the unjust. This is how mercy people are. They show mercy to the saved and unsaved alike. Unlike the prophet, who if given the power, would give utter darkness to the unsaved and only sun to those that walked right before God. LOL. That God for Mercy People!!

8. You are very UNFORGIVING once crossed! MY GRACIOUS!! Mercy people will stick with you for eternity…as long as you don’t offend them. Then, you are DIS-MISSED! LOL. They know how to hold on to an offense for dear life, and believe me, you will know it. Why? Because they will REMIND YOU….AGAIN…AND AGAIN…AND AGAIN…AND AGAIN….AND AGAIN…AND AGAIN!! LOL. I have a son with this gift and I am STILL explaining to him…10YEARS LATER… that I made a mistake years ago. LOL.

Let me pause here by saying that although funny, this is very serious. Mercy people, you can not punish a person for years on end after they have apologized to you and have done everything to make amends. Unforgiveness causes sickness. Don’t die early because you failed to forgive someone!

9. You treasure memories, memorabilia, and people. You do not take people lightly once they are in your life. Of all the gifts, you put your heart into people and things. Prophets and teachers can deal with a person from a distance and still enjoy life. But mercy people are put their whole soul into things. They also have GREAT MEMORIES! They can usually tell you where they were at, how they got there and how they felt when they arrived. Lol.

If you have a child with this gift, here are some tips for you:

1. They are usually very sensitive children. This is the child who is always crying about something.

2. They really don’t need to be spanked a lot. You have to correct them some other way because over spanking them leaves very deep and hurtful memories.

3. They lie often. You really have to correct your child when they lie. Let them know that they will not be in trouble when they tell you the truth. (Remember, they are avoiding the very possibility of pain). This will help them open up and be honest with you.

4. Teach them early about mercy AND judgment. This will give them a balanced perspective on life.

5. Teach them the principle: Bless those that curse you and pray for those that spitefully use you. This will help with the unforgiveness.

Mercy people, thank God for you! If it were not for this gift, a whole heck of a lot of us wouldn’t be here right now.

Next time: The Teacher.