Thus has
the Lord of
hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to
his brother; and do not oppress the widow or
the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts
against one another.’
Zechariah
7:9-10 New American Standard
Bible (NASB)
It was partly for injustice
that God punished the Jews. He had warned them time and again to be just and
stop cheating and abusing those who could not defend themselves, but they would
not. So He disciplined them through exile. Justice is very important to God and
it is something which He requires all of us to do. It is one thing for us to
cry out against the injustice done to us or to others, it is another for us be
unjust ourselves, but it happens. Any time that we put ourselves above another,
serve our needs before someone else’s, or do something at another’s expense we
run the risk of being unjust. That is why God hates selfishness, it leads to
more sin. It isn’t fair. God wants us to focus more on serving others than
ourselves, to care more about others than ourselves, to even sacrifice
ourselves for the sake of others. That is what He does for us. In what way has
your heart become hardened to injustice? When do you turn a blind eye to
someone being mistreated? When do you choose self over others? Ask God to
reveal these to you and soften your heart, to give you a heart like His.
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