Our God always defaults in mercy, showing a profound tendency to act with compassion toward suffering people. When He looks at those in distress, He feels deep pity and sympathy, an emotional connection that moves Him to action. This compassion precedes mercy, which is the compassionate action itself, offering relief from distress and demonstrating forbearance and kindness. God's mercy is evident in His lovingkindness, a quality that restrains Him from giving us the judgment our sins deserve. It is because of His mercies that we are not consumed, as His faithfulness ensures new mercies every morning. He never runs out of mercy, for He is a God of love, intertwining grace and mercy as inseparable aspects of His nature. In the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Jesus Christ illustrates this mercy. The master, moved with compassion, forgave an enormous debt, holding back deserved punishment. This act of mercy reveals God's expectation for us to show the same tender feelings of compassion and eagerness to help others in distress, forgiving them as we have been forgiven an immense debt of sin by Him. God's desire is to bring everyone to repentance, taking no pleasure in the death of the wicked. At the very heart of His being lives mercy, and even in our impatience or suffering, we are reminded to count our blessings and recognize His lovingkindness. His mercy is a call to us to grow in His love, to love mercy, and to allow the needs and sufferings of others to move us to compassionate action. Jesus Christ commands us to be merciful, even as our Father in heaven is merciful. To be perfect in God's eyes is to be perfect in mercy, reflecting His nature. If we truly have the love of God in us, we too will always default in mercy.

The compassion of God surpasses mere acts of kindness, embodying a profound depth of mercy and tender love. As described in Exodus 33:19, God will have compassion on whom He will have compassion, reflecting a divine mercy akin to the love of a parent. Psalm 86:15 declares, But You, O LORD, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth, highlighting God's boundless care. Lamentations 3:22-23 reassures us that our Maker's compassions are renewed every morning, offering comfort during heavy trials. In Exodus 3:7, God acknowledges the oppression of His people in Egypt, stating, I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows, demonstrating His deep understanding of their suffering. As our Creator, God is intimately aware of our feelings, much like a devoted parent comprehends their children's emotions. In the New Testament, the compassion of Jesus is vividly portrayed, as in Matthew 14:14, where He saw a great multitude, was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. Before feeding the four thousand, He expresses, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat, as noted in Mark 8:2. Additionally, seeing the widow of Nain who had lost her only son, He had compassion on her and comforted her with the words, 'Do not weep,' as recorded in Luke 7:13.

The beauty, harmony, balance, and providence evident throughout the earth are witnesses of the wisdom, unity, harmony, and love in which He always acts. Our God has every good quality to the ultimate degree, and every attribute works in perfect and faithful harmony. In bringing us to His perfection, He reveals His whole nature so we can know it and allow Him to reproduce it in us.