Justice…
So many of us seek justice in this world…we are often concerned about whether we are treated fairly in life. But here’s a point of view on that I would like for us to consider. Here is Oswald Chambers…
The Sermon on the Mount indicates that when we are on Jesus Christ’s errands, there is no time to stand up for ourselves. Jesus says, in effect, Do not be bothered with whether you are being justly dealt with or not. To look for justice is a sign of deflection from devotion to Him. Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it. If we look for justice, we will begin to grouse and to indulge in the discontent of self-pity - Why should I be treated like this? If we are devoted to Jesus Christ we have nothing to do with what we meet, whether it is just or unjust. Jesus says - Go steadily on with what I have told you to do and I will guard your life. If you try to guard it yourself, you remove yourself from My deliverance. The most devout among us become atheistic in this connection; we do not believe God, we enthrone common sense and tack the name of God on to it. We do lean to our own understanding, instead of trusting God with all our hearts.
Oswald is right on, as usual. We obsess over what is right and fair in our lives..by whose standards? Ours…or God’s?
If you answered God’s, you’d be right about 90-95 percent of the time. But why don’t we do what we say we believe and just trust God with all our stuff?
Fundamentally, you know why…because it’s not our nature to do that. But if, when we learn to know God through Jesus Christ, our nature in that respect doesn’t change, why do we keep referring to ourselves as “new creations”?
I don’t know, either…all I do know is that I need to shape up in that area more. Do you?
Posted on Jun 27, 2006 - 08:55 PM | [0]
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