God’s heart. Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:17 Sometimes our lives lie in ruins because our sin devastated us. God’s heart beats for justice. He wants to work it on our behalf but we need to live it…
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A moment of stillness (44).
From everlasting. Your throne, God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice. Psalm 45:6 The world is dark and noisy. Sin and evil take center stage and God is forgotten. Everywhere you look, it’s utter darkness. No wonder we can’t behold God! The Bible, however, is the one…
A moment of stillness (43).
Keep calm. Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for him; do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way, by the person who carries out evil plans. Psalm 37:7 The hardest thing is to be silent before an evil person. Psalm 37 is so full of wisdom and it instructs us…
A moment of stillness (36).
Justice is the Lord’s. After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions. Job 42:10 God was angry at the way Job’s friends spoke about Him. He asked Job to pray for them that He might not deal with them according to justice. Job prayed. I’m sure…
A moment of stillness (22).
The beauty of God’s providence. That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king. Esther 6:1 This was the night after Haman made preparations for Mordecai’s hanging. God was working behind the scenes to destroy Haman’s plan of vengeance on the Jews….
Longing for justice.
Why does God allow evil people to prosper? I think we all struggle at one point or another to trust that God is good in the midst of the evil that so often surrounds us on a daily basis. Lately, I’ve come face to face with the wickedness of sinful people and I can’t help…
The Eyes of My Heart 