The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 30 January 2026 – A Cry For Mercy
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TOPIC: A Cry For Mercy
READ: Psalm 130:1-8 (KJV)
1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
THE MESSAGE:
In our text, the Psalmist cries to God to hear his voice and to listen carefully to his requests. He notes that God forgives sins and so he will wait and hope for the answer to his prayer. We can see here that the Psalmist was calling God out of a greatly troubled heart. He seemed to acknowledge that his predicaments could have arisen from a broken relationship with God and therefore sought for His forgiveness. He also earnestly longed to hear from Him. He then called on Israel to hope in the Lord for mercy and redemption.
What sin and affliction do is to ultimately bring you into a depth of discouragement, where you begin to give up hope for your salvation or deliverance. We see from our text today that even in such depths, your cries for deliverance can be heard if only you will, with genuine repentance, cry to the LORD. Since we know that there is forgiveness with God, who is rich in mercy, will you cry to Him today to forgive all your sins and to have mercy on your soul? Can you come to the LORD with full assurance of faith, that He will hear your cry as you call upon Him?
PRAYER: Father, please deliver me from every depth of despondency.
