September 23, 2026
God’s mercy has a purpose beyond what He does in our own lives.
Throughout Scripture, God calls individuals, transforms them, and then uses their lives to reach others. His blessing becomes an opportunity to bless. His mercy becomes something that can be extended.
In this Faith Class, Bishop Leon Benjamin continues the series The God of Mercy by exploring a central message: God’s mercy extends to all nations, and He calls His people to become instruments of that mercy. Texto colado
In Genesis 12, God calls Abram to leave his country, his family, and his father’s house and go toward a land God would show him.
Abram did not have every detail of what came next. He had a direction and a promise.
Bishop Benjamin uses his story to explore seasons of transition—moments when following God may require us to leave something familiar behind before we fully understand where He is leading.
Transition requires the ability to hear clearly.
Our lives can become filled with competing voices, routines, responsibilities, opinions, and distractions. Bishop Benjamin encourages believers to intentionally create space where those voices become quieter and God's direction becomes clearer.
Sometimes the next step is not about finding more information. It is about becoming quiet enough to hear what God is already saying. Texto colado
Not every place we enter is a place where we are supposed to remain.
Using Abram's journey, Bishop Benjamin warns against becoming stale, stuck, and stagnant during a season of transition.
What feels repetitive or uncertain may simply be part of the journey. The challenge is to continue listening, trusting, and moving when God calls us forward.
God's promise to Abram did not end with Abram.
Genesis 12 says that through him, “all families of the earth” would be blessed.
That becomes one of the central principles of the lesson: when God works in one person's life, His purpose can extend far beyond that individual.
We receive so that we can give. We are encouraged so that we can encourage. We experience mercy so that we can extend mercy.
Jonah presents another picture of God's mercy.
Unlike Abram, Jonah initially went in the opposite direction of God's instruction. Yet God continued redirecting him toward Nineveh.
Bishop Benjamin points out that mercy is not always comfortable. Sometimes mercy confronts us, redirects us, and calls us back toward something we would rather avoid.
But through Jonah's eventual obedience, an entire city was given an opportunity to respond to God. Texto colado
Abram was one person.
Jonah was one person.
Again and again, Bishop Benjamin returns to the idea that God can begin with one willing individual and use that person's obedience to reach many others.
You may not always see how far your influence will travel. Your responsibility is to remain willing to follow where God leads.
Isaiah 49:6 describes God's servant becoming “a light to the Gentiles” so that His salvation might reach “unto the end of the earth.”
God's purpose was never meant to remain contained.
His mercy moves outward.
Bishop Benjamin closes by challenging believers to recognize that they can become a light in their families, communities, workplaces, and everyday encounters with others.
