Justice, Righteousness, and Repentance

God's Prophets Demand Justice
God' Prophets Demand Justice

Advocates of Justice for All

A Call for Repentance

Isaiah 1:24-31  The Message

^24-31 This Decree, therefore, of the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
    the Strong One of Israel:
“This is it! I’ll get my oppressors off my back.
    I’ll get back at my enemies.
I’ll give you the back of my hand,
    purge the junk from your life, clean you up.
I’ll set honest judges and wise counselors among you
    just like it was back in the beginning.
Then you’ll be renamed
    City-That-Treats-People-Right, the True-Blue City.”
God’s right ways will put Zion right again.
    God’s right actions will restore her penitents.
But it’s curtains for rebels and God-traitors,
    a dead end for those who walk out on God.
“Your dalliances in those oak grove shrines
    will leave you looking mighty foolish,
All that fooling around in god and goddess gardens
    that you thought was the latest thing.
You’ll end up like an oak tree
    with all its leaves falling off,
Like an unwatered garden,
    withered and brown.
‘The Big Man’ will turn out to be dead bark and twigs,
    and his ‘work,’ the spark that starts the fire
That exposes man and work both
    as nothing but cinders and smoke.”

For Reflection 

If we had to we could name the cruel and wicked rulers of the nations.  At the very least, we could name countries where tyrants reign.  God's right ways are the hope of all who suffer corrupt and tyrannical leaders.

Pray

for the time when the "Big Men" will be dethroned.  Pray for the time when justice and peace reign.  Pray for justice.  Pray for repentance.  Pray for peace.