The Place of Compassion

     In the cry of our hearts, we will be lost, but in the answer to the cry, we are found. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that found me, held me and keeps me. As a man who earnestly believes in the doctrines of predestination, I wish to bring light to some things. There is a life in this world that is greatly impacted by your views on whether God chooses to save and damn. If God does not choose such things, I concur that 'God' may not be GOD, but beyond that, I concur that 'God' may not be so loving, either. At least, it would mean His love could be in vain and inactive upon some souls. Do I suggest that there are some who will never have the opportunity to reach paradise? Yes, there are people who will spend eternity in Hell and it will be God who placed them there. Are they responsible? Absolutely, but God's judgement is the pinnacle of love where He causes the evil one and his followers to suffer under the wrath of His enduring, everlasting love. God is an all-consuming fire and in that, he has a passion; a deep furnace of desire for souls to know Him and in the cry of our hearts, we are lost, separated from Him. This is the place of destitution, vulnerability and loss. This is the place where we are too far gone to conceive of the possibility of good and this is the place of a soul that is ripe to be redeemed.
     We're a futile bunch, we humans and until we recognize this, we will be lost. We will forever wander until something breaks forward and takes us away from the darkness of our lives. We are more, they say, but depression stands as victor and reigns as king is this land called the heart of man, where death is our most faithful hope and promise. In all of humanity's great achievements, we have one thing to overcome still. Death still grips us; these are the arms of our father. We are born in that family of dark despair, never satisfied, never breathing in rest, but always on to the next activity. Although redemption is not the absence of work or effort, it is the absence of strain and stress because a King came from the Place of Compassion.
     This is what the throne of Heaven is first and foremost. The Place of Compassion is the mercy-seat; that place where all who come and plead their guilt are caught in His embrace and His enduring love which tells them of that wonder of grace which has caused them to rejoice and be saved, repenting from the DEAD works, stress and fleshly strain. At this place, the lost are found; the destitute cared for and the vulnerable protected; guarded by the mighty right-hand of God. This mighty right hand is that Place of Compassion, where mercy is poured out and judgement brought to all injustice. That Place of Compassion is where the King of Glory sits, eyes burning. This King, this wonderful and beautiful King has the heart-furnace of desire for souls to know God, the faithful God who fulfills all promise. I believe all souls in Heaven, abiding at the mercy seat; the Place of Compassion, are found redeemed and predestined for glory. These souls know this compassion and from their abiding place, they are sent every which way in this world, bringing many back to this same place and from this place are made new into that particular image.
     Christ, the faithful King is beyond this world and in His fullness, He has provided for each soul that would come to this mercy seat of compassion and to each who comes, mercy will be given, bringing them to life. Their needs are cared for, their loss is found redeemed and their every insecurity is crushed beneath the safety of His sovereign hand. The Place of Compassion is where hearts are made whole and sent out to bring more back. This good news of mercy and grace is where the works of men are judged, the works of God glorified; death crushed and life made new. Amen.