Leviticus 24:1-23; Psalms 137:1-138:8; Mark 9:33-50
For I, the Lord, love justice. Isaiah 61:8 NKJV
People are attracted to a story where evil is eventually punished. It is a classic theme of books and movies. Why are people drawn to it? Is it not because the craving for justice is a principle that God has placed in the hearts of all mankind. Paul explains that the “Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law” (Rom. 2:14). We all have an inborn sense of right and wrong and, hallelujah, one day all wrongs will be made right. Justice is an unchanging attribute of God and He has promised that there is a day of reckoning coming. “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low” (Isa. 40:4). How we long for Him to bring it to pass. —Sid Halsband
God of wisdom, patient, kind, justice is to be like You.
Goodness, mercy unconfined, justice is to be like You. —Ken Bible