The Tender Mercy of our God
"Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." - Luke 1:78, 79 There is a way of peace, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. For He is "our peace," and "the way," and therefore the way of peace. He has made peace through the blood of H is cross ( Col ossians 1:20 ), having slain the enmity thereby, and came and preached peace to them which were afar off, "sitting in darkness and the shadow of death," and to them that were nigh ( Eph esians 2:16, 17 ). The dayspring, then, breaking in upon the soul, shines upon the way of peace, and guides the feet into it. The light shines upon the way lined with blood, the way of salvation through the finished work, atoning blood, and meritorious sufferings of the Son of God. As, then, the light shines upon the way, and it is seen as a way of pea