A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
“God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods. How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked. They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are unstable.
I said, “You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High. But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit all nations.”
“God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods. How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Once more the musicians of the Sons of Asaph are crying out against the injustice around them. The psalmist is shocked that the wicked are ignoring God’s presence among them. God judges justly, so why are the wicked perverting justice?
“Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked. They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are unstable.” God has not called us to serve ourselves but to serve the poor and needy and those left to the mercies of the wicked. When wicked people are in control, truly societies will be in a continual state of flux.
“I said, “You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High. But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit all nations.” No matter how powerful a leader is, eventually he or she will die, “falling like one of the princes.”
APPLICATION: We serve a God who is omniscient, knowing everything, omnipresent, and omnipotent. But despite these facts, many people still want to believe that they can do things secretly without God’s knowledge. The two sides of the witchcraft coin are rebellion and control. People begin by rebelling against God, demanding that they control things. All witchcraft is aimed at controlling something or someone-weather, people, events, etc. The fundamental lust driving witchcraft is a lust for power.
These days, there are all kinds of temptations to slide into “soft witchcraft.” Many groups offer the lure of secret knowledge, particularly if they can invoke ancient sources or even refer to alien visits to earth. The amount of misinformation available is mind-boggling. But God knows everything, including our thoughts and desires.
1 John 1:5-7 tells us, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”
Each day we make choices. Either we choose to walk in light or we choose to walk in darkness. Even when we try to convince ourselves that something “really isn’t so bad,” we are already choosing darkness. God’s will for us is clear: we are to speak for the voiceless and defend those who cannot defend themselves. We are to persistently oppose wickedness without compromising. Let us take courage, remembering that the God whom we serve has promised to be with us forever.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, help us to follow hard after You all the days of our lives, knowing that You will give us the strength and courage to do so. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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