Morning by Morning, March 4 - Crying Out to the God of Justice
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead my heart, guide my steps -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
“Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’ For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ And the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to His chosen ones who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long in helping them? I tell you, He will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?’” (Luke 18:1-8).
I join my heart and my prayers with Your “chosen ones” who are crying out to You “day and night” for justice -- whether from tyrannical aggression in Kyiv or human trafficking in Houston, whether from silencing the voice of freedom in Ottawa or the murder of unborn children in their mothers’ wombs in New York.
Even among those who are called by Your name, we may disagree about what is just and right and true. But to You, it is clear. To You, there is only one truth and only one right way. “Righteousness and truth are the foundation of Your throne” (Psalm 89:14). You are “the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). You alone are righteous in all Your ways (Psalm 145:17). You alone are called “Faithful and True” and You alone are “called The Word of God” (Revelation 19:11-13). For You alone are “the Way and the Truth and the Life” (John 14:6).
So we seek You. We passionately pursue You. We implore You to put Your thoughts in our minds and Your desires in our hearts, so that Your ways become our ways and Your will becomes our will (Romans 8:29).
And from that place of humility and prayer, as those who do fear God and seek to have respect for all people, we do cry out to You, God of justice, God of righteousness. O God, come and set things right -- here in our hearts and here in our world, here at home and to the ends of the earth.
Expose the “works of darkness” (Ephesians 5:11). Let the Light of Your glory push back the darkness, for the darkness cannot overcome the light (John 1:5). And by the grace of God, let Your light shine in us and shine through us and shine through our prayers in agreement with Your heart. “For once (we) were darkness, but now in the Lord (we) are light. (May we now) live as children of light--for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true” (Ephesians 5:8-9). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you cry out to the God of justice and see Him grant His for you and all He places on your heart to pray, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
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