For too many people the word justice is tied up in courtroom dramas - where the "bad guys" are locked away and the "good guys" win. But sadly, that isn't a reality in the world that we live in today. Most people who have a relationship to the courtroom, from those who serve, to those who have loved one they have walked with, to those who lobby for changes, will tell you that the system is flawed.
But God's sense of justice isn't flawed and it is tied tightly together with God's sense of grace and mercy. Justice, grace, and mercy cannot be separated when we are talking about the character of God. Proverbs 28:5 speaks of justice and says that those who seek the Lord should understand justice - but not our human sense of justice, but God's sense of justice. As we walk with God deeply into relationship, we are changed so that what God's wants for the world is what we want for the world - even if it isn't popular or quick to achieve.
May we seek after God's sense of renewing justice that changes lives, not necessarily our sense of human justice. And may we let ourselves be changed by God's renewing justice as well.
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