The LORD loves justice.
MARK 12:17 (GNT)
So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
THE ESSENCE
God loves justice.
DAILY FODDER
Justice in the Bible happens when people get what is their’s or what they deserve. But biblical justice is always couched in love and mercy. So, when God's justice shows up people are treated better than they deserve. The greatest surprises in the gospel accounts occur when people become aware of Jesus' extremely generous form of justice.
PRAYER
Gracious God, thank you for taking justice to the next level by sending Jesus to model and teach mercy. Through his ascent to the cross he made right what we couldn't repair on our own. Forgive me for adopting cavalier culturally-defined ideas of justice and calling them biblical. Help me to notice how true justice revolves around Jesus and to embrace him and his mission of extremely merciful justice. I'm counting on my relationship with him to generate the wisdom to dispense justice in our complicated world. Amen.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
