Appeal to God's Hesed
Sometimes we don't exactly know what to pray or ask for. In these times we can appeal to God's "Hesed."
Hesed is a Hebrew word that is in the Old Testament hundreds of times. Hesed is hard to translate into English and most of the time it is translated as steadfast love, but it means so much more than this.
Here is some of what it means...
Fidelity or loyalty to a covenant with an eager or ardent desire for mercy, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, loyalty, compassion, love, grace, and unfailing love.
God is unwavering and steadfast in his commitment to His covenant in Christ. God is abounding with hesed. It is who he is.
In our covenant relationship with God he has bound or obligated himself to hesed for us.
When blind Bartimaeus was calling out to Jesus he was saying in Hebrew... Have hesed on me!
As we take communion today it is a time to appeal to God's hesed because of our covenent with him in Christ.
I am praying for you.
Daniel
P.S. As we go about our day today let's stay positioned in his hesed and keep magnifying it.