Jehovah-Tsedek The LORD of Justice

We live in a world full of injustice. God gives free will and sometimes it is exercised in a way that things happen to people, by people, that never should happen. In those times when one is left reeling from injustice we know that our God will be The Rock of our lives. He will hold us securely and He will judge with righteousness and integrity.

We are called to act justly, have mercy and walk humbly with our God. (Micah 6:8). Though it sometimes doesn’t feel fair, our part is to allow Him to be the Judge and to rely firmly on Him as the steadfast hope of our lives.

“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay”, says the Lord.” Romans 12:19

Father God, Thank you that one of Your names is the LORD of justice. You will act justly. I trust You today to handle the injustices of my life and to give me wisdom.

You alone are the One True Lawgiver and Judge who alone is to be feared. Your word tells us that Your justice is like the great deep. You know and care about all the injustices I experience. I can depend on You as I invite You to bring redemption to the hurts in my life.

Lord God, I ask today that I would not seek revenge over those who have shown injustice. Fill me with Your Spirit as I trust You.

May my heart be refreshed today as I lean on Your holiness and integrity. Allow my mind and heart to be immersed in Your peace. I lay my critical attitudes down and I ask You to be the Judge and to make me wise as I go forward. I rest securely in Your love and mercy. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.

Talk to a mentor about how to put up boundaries where injustice continues. Ask for prayer to be wise in guarding your own heart.

By Gail Rodgers

 

His Mighty Power Within

“Last of all I want to remind you that your strength must come from the Lord’s mighty power within you” (Ephesians 6:10).

When my saintly mother became a Christian at 16, she immediately determined to become a woman of God with the help of the Holy Spirit. She devoted her life to my father and to the rearing of seven children.

Through the years, as I have observed her attitudes and actions closely, I have never seen her do anything that reflected negatively on the Lord.

As a result, my life has been greatly affected in a positive way. There is no question in my mind that everything God has done and ever will do in and through me will be, in no small measure, a result of those unique, godly qualities of my mother, and especially of her prayers.

In today’s world, there often is considerable criticism of a woman who finds her fulfillment as a wife, mother and homemaker, as though such roles are demeaning to the woman. The popular thought is that there is something better, such as a professional career.

I would not minimize the fact that there are gifted women who should be involved in business and professional life, but in most cases this would be a secondary role compared to the privilege of being a mother, especially a godly Christian mother in whose life the fruit of the Spirit is demonstrated.

What I can say about my mother, I believe my sons can say about theirs, for Vonette has demonstrated those same godly, Christlike qualities toward them as a mother – and , as a wife, toward me.

These two examples underscore a wonderful, basic truth of supernatural living: As we continue to live supernaturally, walking in the power and under the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit, the personality and character of Christ become more and more a part of us.

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Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:11-20

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TODAY’S ACTION POINT: When I need special strength – whether physical or spiritual – I will claim by faith the Lord’s mighty power within me to meet the need.

A Deeper Affection

Song of Songs 1:4

Believers love Jesus with a deeper affection then they dare to give to any other being. They would sooner lose father and mother than part with Christ. They hold all earthly comforts with a loose hand, but they carry Him locked tight in their hearts. They voluntarily deny themselves for His sake, but they are not to be driven to deny Him. It is a feeble love that the fire of persecution can dry up; the true believer’s love is a deeper stream than this.

Men have tried to divide the faithful from their Master, but their attempts have been fruitless in every age. Neither crowns of honor, nor frowns of anger have been able to untie this loving knot. This is not just a routine attachment that the world’s power may eventually dissolve. Neither man nor devil have found a key that opens this lock. Never has the craft of Satan been more at fault than when he has exercised it in seeking to break this union of two divinely welded hearts. It is written, and nothing can blot out the sentence, “Rightly do they love you.” The intensity of the love of the upright, however, is not so much to be judged by how it appears as by what the upright long for.

It is our daily lament that we cannot love enough. If only our hearts were capable of holding more and reaching further. Like Samuel Rutherford, we sigh and cry, “Oh, for as much love as would go round about the earth, and over heaven-yes, the heaven of heavens, and ten thousand worlds-that I might expand it all upon this fairest Lord Jesus.” Unfortunately, our longest reach is only a span of love, and our affection is like a drop in a bucket compared with what He deserves. Measure our love by our intentions, and it is strong indeed; we trust that the Lord judges it in this way. If only we could give all the love in all hearts in one great offering, a gathering together of all loves to Him who is altogether lovely!

 

Family Bible reading plan

• Judges 21
• Acts 25