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So when seeing chaos, do we remember the chaos in the beginning and what God did?
Just look
at the beginning when the Holy Spirit hovered over the face of the deep in
Genesis 1:1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep.
Chaos ruled and then God spoke. And chaos came into order, and the
mess became a garden. Planets were formed, and the sun began to light the
earth. Stars covered the night time sky and waters began to be filled with all
kinds of marine life. What God spoke was an approval for the earth to produce and it produce!
As in the beginning, chaos is transformed into or by a process of life and order!
As in the beginning, chaos is transformed into or by a process of life and order!
Order came when God spoke it into being!
Proverbs
11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His
delight. Proverbs 16:11 Honest weights and scales are the LORD’S; all the
weights in the bag are His work.
From
Proverbs 16:11 His work refers to His concern! In the days of Solomon, weights
and balances were the way purchases were made. They were to be accurate in
measuring the weight of an item that was being purchases or sold.
So in dealing with material things, we are to deal in justice with man to man.
So in dealing with material things, we are to deal in justice with man to man.
In this understanding
that God never cheats anyone. He is not a man who lies, but He is God of
righteousness and truth.
But those
outside the justice of God will bargain with anything to gain the advantage
over another person. They will offer free stuff to you but their heart is not with you. To deal accurately, one should have the fair priced fixed
and never be changed on a whim nor by a circumstance! So those who deal
accurately will obtain that place that is honest and transparent in their
dealings. But those who wheel and deal just to make a windfall will make deals, but they are the empty
deal and they are of the falsehood that has no life to it. The 'wheeler dealer' who takes advantage of another will never gain anything by deceit. What does the scripture say: Proverbs 23:5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Setting one's heart on riches can and will make that one look like a fool. Our eyes should be set on Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) Making God our goal, we receive benefits and they never fly away. When we see God as our answer, then we are those who look to His wisdom in all decisions to be made.
It is in God we find that justice and those who live by faith find that pathway.
Setting one's heart on riches can and will make that one look like a fool. Our eyes should be set on Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) Making God our goal, we receive benefits and they never fly away. When we see God as our answer, then we are those who look to His wisdom in all decisions to be made.
It is in God we find that justice and those who live by faith find that pathway.
Seeking God's justice
is seeking His mercy. And mercy only comes from God and hopefully by the man or
woman who have Jesus as Lord of their lives. Jesus came to relieve the
oppressed, to judge the fatherless and plead for the widow.
Jeremiah
22:15-17 NKJV 15 “shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did
not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was
well with him. 16 He judge the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me? Says the LORD. 17 Yet your eyes and your heart are for
nothing but your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, and practicing oppression
and violence.
Character
is certainly seen when one practices violence against another, that is to defame
one without cause and kick them to the curb like they are an animal. That is
not justice from God. That is justice that comes from the rebellious one. It is for 'me, myself and I' and looks to exalt oneself and make the other person look bad.
An example: I remember a doctor, my husband
and I met years ago. He had no manner in dealing with the patient. Our daughter as a teenager had gone
four-wheeling with friends of my husband from his workplace. Our daughter
suffered an accident when something happened on a dirt road . She was headed
toward a barb-wired fence and jumped from the four-wheeler and in the process, she injured her
back. The attending doctor was pushing
and shoving on her back that seemed out of place and wrong at the time. He caused more pain and discomfort than that which the accident had imposed upon her. He
seemed more like he was punching a punching bag than caring for the person before him. He asked not questions, he only proceeded his probe of injury!!
Another
doctor who was our child’s pediatrician was a good doctor, knowledgeable in
childhood diseases and surgery and had the ‘bedside’ manner that represented a
caring heart for others. We saw this when she had an appendectomy at age 12. He cared for his patient and understood the child's thinking and motivated her to relax in the healing process. He encouraged her that fun times were still ahead and the appendix would not be there to aggravate her anymore.
God’s
justice is the justice that comes through His mercy. It is His righteousness
that is the action of His mercy. As we have seen from the two examples of the
doctors in their respective roles: the relief of the oppressed and needy, so
too God’s justice is His kingly power. The difference seen in the two men are
apparently different. One was caring, and one was not. For one doctor, it was about the patient and the other was not!
But God in
His justice never changes. In His rule, our God’s justice is joined with His
mercy. He is just! Isaiah 45:21 Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them
take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it
from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, a
just God and a Savior; There is none beside Me.
Psalm 7:17
I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to
the name of the LORD MOST HIGH.
God is
supreme God and He is righteous. He is righteous in His judgments and justice.
Psalm 140:12-13 NKJV 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and justice for the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your
name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence.
Psalm
94:14-15 NKJV For the LORD will not cast off His
inheritance. 15 But judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright
in heart will follow it.
Psalm 103:6
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
While working
on this, I thought of this scripture in Proverbs 23:7 As a man thinks in his
heart, so is he; Eat and drink! He says to you, but his heart is not with you.
For certainly our thoughts should be those that the Lord thinks of us and we
should meditate on them and speak them daily for He has only positive things to
say about us! We should not allow Satan to use our spirit as the garbage dump
by mediating on negative things that only he can offer!
In Mark 9:43-48, we are reminded of the garbage dump
in Jesus’ day. In this passage Jesus was warning of the severe consequences of
endangering the immortal soul of another person. Whatever part of our person
offends us to sin then it is better to cut it off and live in pain than to
spend eternity in fire and damnation.
If we as
the doctor, lawyer, janitor, mail carrier, the mayor, the surgeon, or even the
trash collector, do not treat others in justice, then God is not present with
us.
If the doctor only offers to med-up the 'patient' in the latest medical wonders, then that could
be addictions that is not needed medicine for our body. He is not with you in health of your body.
If the lawyer
asks you to sue someone, and take them for everything they have, that is
stealing. And his heart is not with you but in 'money' matters!
If the mayor looks the other way when injustices are done to any
agency within that governing county and community he sees over, then said mayor is operating out
of his own desires and interests and not the righteous ones seen in and though God.
If the
mail carrier decides to not deliver the mail on his route he is dishonest and
not responsible to fulfilling his commitment to the actual work required at his job. If he throws all that mail into the nearest ditch and goes home to watch television or play video games, his heart is not with you. He will not deliver "your mail" so that you might receive that water bill and possibly that belated birthday card a family member sent to you. That 'water bill' goes unpaid and you never know of the sweet sentiment of the relative who sent the card unless they ask you if you received it.
If the surgeon
operates on the wrong person and takes out their spleen and they had no problem
with their spleen, the surgeon was not active in his duty to perform the right
procedure on the right person at the time. His heart was not with any patient that day. He was overtaken maybe pride or too many other things going on in his life like his wife is divorcing him, his grown son has moved to another country, his daughter has chosen to not finish high school and his insurance premiums are sky-high because of oversights in the hospital surgery department!
What causes
injustice is what causes one to rebel and that is sin and the desire to please
themselves. Justice is being and acting like God would act in any situation. And
His government is on His shoulders. Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV For unto us a Child is
born, Unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And
His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no
end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it
with judgment and justice, form that time forward, even forever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Those who
are the ‘redeemed’ of the Lord know Jesus as the ruler of their hearts. His
reign is a health to them. He is prosperity, happiness and peace. They hold the
banner of victory knowing God sent Jesus into the battle and He came out
victorious for us. He is our justice who brought us wisdom from God that is in
exhaustible, the Truth and the Way which guides us daily into our future. He leads us by His Holy Spirit down the path which is well marked with His presence, His peace and love!
Yes, true government is Kingdom Justice and it begins with that saving grace. No matter your ethnicity, no matter where you live, God is only the way to life and through Jesus we have life and justice. And without it.....well, it is empty,that futile place with wars and rumors of wars, violence and hate! Let us abide in Him and pray for the justice to roll down like a river for the nation and see God's kingdom come to us in the way He expects us.....to cooperate with Him and His purpose. Amen.
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