Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is
attacked.
The Lord looked and
was displeased to find there was no justice.
(Isaiah 59: 15 NLT)
In the world today it is not a real
fabulous time to stand for righteousness.
Neither was it in Isaiah’s day either. But we should not forget that
God’s eyes are not blinded to our blight.
The writer of
Ecclesiastes said, “....there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes
1:9). The reaction of the world to
righteousness has always been the same.
In Isaiah’s day, when Jesus walked the earth, and today, the response
has not changed. Whether Christians portray righteousness with words or just
their lifestyles, the unregenerate world does not like it. This should not
surprise us. It is just part of the
territory.
Before we with
slip into a fatalistic malaise we should listen to the rest of Isaiah’s
message. He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed.
So he himself stepped
in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him (v. 16). Though circumstances do not always indicate
it, God is committed to justice. God’s
eyes are not closed and hands are not tied when He observes injustice in this
world. He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the
earth (v. 17).
We should
never look to man as the one who treats us fairly. If we fix our eyes on flesh as the ultimate
source for the justice due us, we will always be disappointed. It is God who pleads our case. No voice from this world can silence our God.
No fury from hell can intimidate our Lord.
The God of justice is still on the throne.
Ken Barnes, the author
of “The Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places” YWAM Publishing
Email:
kenbarnes737@gmail.com
website: https://sites.google.com/site/kenbarnesbooksite/
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