God is merciful . ( Lamentations 3 v 22 - 23 )

One of the most common words I use when I pray is, 'mercy',it is so important when we approach God, to remember  we are approaching a God who is holy.When we come into His presence  we can only come  by His mercy,and because of Calvary,we can come to a Holy God.We cannot demand anything from God,we can plead ,that in His mercy we may receive  that which we ask.God may choose not to answer, because we have a wrong attitude,We read how God humbles us by His mercy, to teach us valuable lessons (  Deuteronomy 8 v  2 - 4 ). Who stands in need of Gods mercy?, everyone without exception, because we are all sinners, and all sinners are enemies of a holy God.No matter how kind we are on a human level, our relationship with God is flawed. The only way we can have a relationship with God  is by His awesome mercy, and this mercy comes to us through Jesus. Now of course God has not forsaken this world, He is a faithful creator ( 1 Peter 4 v 19 ),and our dear Saviour reminds us that God the Father causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous. ( Matthew 5 v  45 ).That is the general mercy of  God to all mankind,of course the many do not acknowledge Gods mercy in anything,instead of His goodness turning them to Him,they deny His existence, and refuse His offer of salvation in His son Jesus,and so will eventually suffer the consequences of their wilful  sinful attitude towards a holy and merciful God.