Loving Justice

[Christ4Ever]

How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; Free [them] from the hand of the wicked. Psalm 82:2-4 NKJV

Psalm 82 is different from most of the other 149 psalms in that the psalmist, Asaph, has written the form of a prophecy—specifically one against powerful, influential leaders who failed to act justly toward the most vulnerable in Israel at the time. Instead of defending the weak and the fatherless, the poor and the oppressed, they showed favoritism to those in power.

If we’re not careful, we can find ourselves doing the very same thing. But God calls each of us to avoid being “respecters of persons” and understand that we are to love and care for all people, including those Jesus called “the least of these.”

God loves the poor, disadvantaged, and the vulnerable—and He wants to love them through us. What can you do today to show God’s love to someone who desperately needs to see it in action?

Prayer: God of justice, so many people in today’s world are forgotten, exploited, and mistreated that it drains my emotions just thinking about them. I know You want me to make a difference, if only in my own sphere of influence. Remind me to pray and to speak up or take action when I see wrong being done to others.

 

[BunnyOnion]

Years ago an investigative news team interviewed a Boyscout who had achieved a high honor from the Scouts.

I cannot remember what that was specifically, but it had to do with community service.
After the interview their undercover camera crew followed the young man as he left their city studio.

At the first intersection he came to there was a frail elderly woman using a cane. When the pedestrian crossing light changed the Boyscout immediately set off to cross the busy NY street, as did others there.
Leaving the elderly woman to try and make her way alone.

Thank God traffic was patient because their lights changed when the poor dear was in the middle of the crosswalk/street.
And still, not a soul came to assist her. The Boyscout was nowhere to be seen on the busy sidewalk.

It's one thing to say we are in service to others, as Christians, as Scouts, etc... What demonstrates the truth is when God provides the opportunity to prove it.

If it isn't innate , a reflex, that leads us to serve,help, others, as the reborn in Christ, we're lost. And are then proving it is we who need saving. Still.