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2Kings:25:27

Jehoiachin was a king of Judah who did evil in the eyes of the Lord. It was during his time that Babylon invaded Judah. King Nebuchadnezzar himself came as patrol and Jehoiachin was taken prisoner along with others in the royal lineage. 37 years Jehoiachin was in prison. Lost all hope. He might have thought of ending his own life a thousand times. A king by blood. Now worse than a slave. A captive. An exile.

And then his time changed. Another king named Evil- Marodach  comes to power and he shows kindness to him. He is released from the prison. He is given a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon. He is given new clothes and allowed to done with the king.
The king was kind to Jehoiachin. He raised the head of Jehoiachin.
Why?
No reason.
It comes all under the umbrella of God's grace.

It is natural to point fingers to the Babylonian king and question him. Accusing him of partiality. Why did he show mercy only to Jehoiachin?
But let me ask you another question. Will Jehoiachin ever question Evil-Maradoch? Will he ever accuse him of partiality? Will he ever rebel against him? Not at all, because it was he who saw and experienced kindness from him. He was the one who was shown mercy.

Very often the rebel in us, question God and accuse Him of favouritism because we tend to forget that it was we who was shown mercy. We are the benefactors. When we realize we are the subject of mercy and kindness, then all our allegations vanish. He has been kind to us. He has raised our heads up. Though we were rebels. Though we did not deserve 

Rom:9:15 I will have mercy on whom I have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
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