Injustice: Currently in various countries we can clearly see actions/reactions/ inaction concerning injustice—so many places, so many types of injustice, so many reactions. With such powerful perils looming, intimidation is the voice shouting in the streets. So what do we do when seemingly powerful threats wield injustice on the seemingly weak people? Do we allow intimidation to fill in this gap between the powerful and the weak, between the stand for injustice and the stand for justice? Maybe we need to fill the streets with a different voice. Maybe we need courageously to shout a message of hope instead—a message that we have a God who is just (2 Thessalonians 1:6), and He loves justice (Psalm 37:27-29)—and He HEARS our cries. Jesus once told of this feisty lady, a widow without adequate legal representation, persistently standing before a judge, determined that her voice would be heard. But she was a nobody. Although she was discounted by the society around her because of both her gender and lack of a husband, she showed up day after day after day after day, refusing to be reduced to the labels cast upon her: “powerless,” “insignificant,” “unvalued”. Day after day after day after day, she presented her case, stood in violation to the court systems and cultural values, commanded that her voice be heard, and demanded her justice. And the evil judge, tired of the hassle, awarded her justice (Luke 18:1-8). The “insignificant”, “powerless” widow won her case. Here was this mean, harsh judge, a judge “who neither feared God nor cared what people thought ” (Luke 18:2), who was eroded by the determination of someone considered voiceless and powerless by the legal system and culture. Yet day after day after day after day this widow chose to live a life of faith—and the choice changed things. Will Papa find that kind of faith, that kind of hope, when He looks at our daily lives? I find Matthew 24 challenging us to choose daily lives of faith and hope in the midst of world shaking events when it discusses the difficulties preceding Jesus’s return but ends with the discussion of faithful servants put in charge of the household to feed them at the proper time (Matthew 24:45-46). These were “insignificant” servants left in charge of the master’s world, making sure that things flowed with his provisions. Yet—this portion of Scripture following all the difficulty mentioned in the first part of the chapter—the faithful servants’ daily choices to continue to follow the master’s instructions, demonstrate faith and hope. In this kingdom, the actions of the faithful (though servants) impacted/sustained the world around them. Maybe in the midst of threats, bullies, evil, and tribulations, we need to remember who we are and Whose we are. Maybe we need to remember that our voice matters to Father God (He is unlike the harsh judge that our feisty widow faced) and that He loves justice. Maybe we need to boldly ask this Justice-Loving Father for the justice of His kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. Maybe WE need to stand boldly in the gap, filling the air with our voices, as we agree with our Father for full justice to occur. Maybe today is good day to remember that in Papa’s kingdom, our voices matter. Picture from https://google/#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=3a30278496ccf8ed&q=mind+the+gap+pictures Picture from https://google/#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=3a30278496ccf8ed&q=mind+the+gap+pictures If you like this post please share. restlesschipotle/lindahoyer/2013/09/09/injustice-vs-justice/
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