Justice for all

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

JUSTICE FOR ALL

Prov 29:26

26 Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that man gets justice.

NIV

This is either living in the world or in the kingdom of God because we cannot live in both. Although we for all practical appearances look as if we are in the world, which is in the physical form we actually are within the physical world. But that is not where are citizenship is. We do not find justice within the realm of the physical world. Sure, we have courts of law that dispense a form of justice to those who would break the human laws established by the government of the country they live in, however that is mere human justice. Here we are told a man seeks the favor of a ruler. He wants to persuade them in their favor, to seek a positive outcome. This may well be done by various means. We have seen men find this favor through either testimonies of lies or through buying the favor of the ruler with brides or some other means. We can be certain, when it comes to man, there will always be some perversion of justice. There will always be some way in which the case, or the law is made to serve those who seek the favor of the ruler. But God judges the heart of every man, without favoritism. He respects no man above another. All will stand before him naked, so to speak, without any defense other than being in Christ. It is a simple case for God to follow his own law. Those who are found in Christ are declared innocent, holy and blameless in his sight, as we are already. Those who are not in Christ have already condemned themselves and thus God merely needs to enact their own condemnation, casting them into the lake of burning sulfur. The justice of man is not swift and even a person condemned to death, lives on for many years during appeal after appeal. But Gods justice is swift and sure, it happens at the blink of an eye. We are either in or out, there are no appeals. Although God does give man many years to come to Christ. He does not desire that any be cast in the lake of fire. He does not take pleasure in seeing any of his creation perish. However his justice is final, unchangeable, and unpersuadable. His justice cannot be bought or bribed. It has already been determined in Christ. We all will have justice on the final day. Praise God, we have already been declared innocent. But there is still time to assist the Spirit in getting that same verdict for those around us who have not yet accepted Christ. Let us move within the world making it possible for more to hear those words, innocent, come enter my rest. Within the kingdom of God we will find justice for all.