“God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
Also to You, O LORD, belongs mercy;
For You render to each one according to his work.”  Psalm 62:11-12
 
Yes!  God is all powerful!  He is our Omnipotent God!  And then Psalmist speaks of God’s mercy and of His judgment according to man’s works.  Let’s see what Scripture says about these.
 
Concerning mercy we see that--
God’s mercy is eternal:
“But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who (reverently) fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children.”  Psalm 103:17
(For a cross reference see Deuteronomy 10:12)
 
God’s mercy is boundless:
“For Your mercy is great above the heaven,
And Your truth reaches to the clouds.”  Psalm 108:4
 
God’s mercy prolongs life:
“Through the LORD’S mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new ever morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.”  Lamentations 3:22-23
 
God’s mercy encourages repentance:
“So rend your heart, and not your garments;
Return to the LORD your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness…”  Joel 2:13
 
God’s mercy forgives sin:
“Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.”  Micah 7:18
 
God’s mercy makes salvation possible:
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.”  Titus 3:5
 
Concerning the Lord’s ‘rendering according to man’s works’ we see:
“For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.”  Matthew 17:27
(Here is a prophecy of the Second Coming.  Also see Mark 8:38-9:1)
 
The Apostle Paul encourages the Corinthians and us concerning future rewards in 2 Corinthians 5:9-10,
“Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”
(Concerning the Judgment of Christ read Matthew 25:31-46)
 
“And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves through the time of our sojourning here in fear (true reverence).”  1 Peter 2:17 
 
In Revelation we read of  the Great White Throne Judgment: 
“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God and books were opened.  And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.  And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.  “  Revelation 20:11-12
 
Then Christ Jesus tells us in Revelation 22:12
“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”
 
I close with Revelation 22:14,
“Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.”
 
As Paul encourages, let us make it our aim to be well pleasing to the Lord allowing the Holy Spirit to have full sway of this life we have in Christ.  He is Lord and He is in control of all things!  We are safe in  His hand and in the Father’s hand!  Praise His Holy and awesome Name forever!  Amen