Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil, learn to do good;
seek justice, correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widows cause.
Still on the justice kick, but I don't think it will ever cease, nor do I want it to. It makes me feel alive!
Isaiah is talking to Israel about how evil they've become and how God won't see their hands lifted in praise because of the blood that covers them. The above verses are instructions God gives them.
SEEK JUSTICE...as much as my heart beats for justice to be done, you'd think that'd be easy, but it's not. For example, I walk into town everyday and see beggars on the road asking for money. When I first moved here it was difficult, now it's almost become normal. I struggle with what it looks like to seek justice for them and realize I'm quite biased. If widows and children need someone to stand up for them, sign me up, I'm there. But the guy on the road with his dog...not so much. I acknowledge them and smile, sometimes I buy them a cup of soup, but still, that's not seeking justice. It's sobering to realize I've already become callused to it.
After the verses above, God, through Isaiah, goes on to call Israel his enemy. What a horrible thing to be! Being anybody's enemy is bad, but the enemy of God?...that's not something I'd sign up for.
Today's lesson for me: Don't let abnormal sights become normal. People shouldn't be on the side of the road, that's abnormal, yet I've come to expect it and that's wrong.
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