Woe to you who turn justice to vinegar, and stomp righteousness into the mud. Do you realize where you are? You’re in a cosmos star-flung with constellations by God! (Amos 5:7,8 The Message)
Justice
Read the news, or talk to a broken family, or consider recent trends in courtrooms, and we might wonder what has happened to Justice. Superman might be scratching his head, considering what has happened to truth and justice. That blind lady holding a set of scales seems to be peaking. We hear more tails of injustice than of justice.
But like all fears that plague us, we do not need to worry.
I am not saying that our justice problems can be ignored, or belittled, or encouraged. But Amos reminds us Who is in charge of justice, and it is not the United States Supreme Court. Nor is it me.
God, particularly Jesus, (Acts 17:31) is the true judge.
The rest of America, or the world, might fear a corrupt or partial judicial system. But Christians do not need to fear such systems. Because above those faulty judicial activities is the One True Judge. Even when it does not seem like it, HE is at work for the good of His people. (Romans 8:28)
We can trust His justice more than we need to fear any injustice.
But do not misunderstand our foundation for confidence. The gospel enters into this picture. God will not only judge the world justly… He will judge us, too! The gospel, though, means that God imparts our guilt, our fault, our sin, our rebellion… all those things that just like the world, SHOULD mean severe judgment… to Christ Jesus instead of us.
We are peculiar, God gives us justice.