And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Justice is one of God’s key attributes; as such, there are so many aspects of it, so many different direction we can go in discussion it, and I suppose that’s why it is a great topic for our Kitchen Table Conversation.
For me, the more pressing aspects of Justice are those that concern the here and now, those aspects of Justice that the prophet Micah wrote about so very long ago in 6:8. For each of us to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God is, for me, the priority in this life.
Jesus took this to a higher level when He travelled around Galilee proclaiming the Kingdom of heaven, for when He did so, there was healing, wholeness, sight and… Justice.
Justice isn’t usually in this list, is it? Yet Jesus demonstrated what Micah was talking about as He preached and healed, for He took His message of the Kingdom of heaven to both Jew and Gentile. He healed both Jew and Gentile. He gave sight to Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, saint and sinner, breaking all of the cultural boundaries that had kept God from the masses of humanity for far too long. He respected the disrespected, He valued the humble, and He loved the unlovable, and that is Justice in the here and now.
There are times in this life when acting as Jesus acted isn’t the easiest thing to do; I sometimes fall short in my efforts and for this reason, I have little time to worry about the eschatological implications of Justice. I say this because I earnestly desire to serve Him as He called me to serve, and I desire to do so because I love God and I love humanity You see, I am a work in progress and I have not yet attained the goal that is set before me in Christ Jesus.
So I content myself with doing my best in Christ to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God, for it seems to me that if I do so, then if nothing else I can walk along with Jesus, secure in the knowledge that I have followed God’s ways, and done harm to no one along the way.
Church Set Free 
And proclaim the favorable year…
I think that’s where the “justice” lay….
Grace — LM
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Ah! Very good – the simplicity of out Jesus……. ❤
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Reblogged this on Let's Have Another Piece of Pie and commented:
And here is another good one from today’s conversation on Church Set Free – Justice…….
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Simple, to the point, and relevant to today. The regular Don style which is so useful.
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Thank you Wally; flattery always gets extra credit!
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Hmmmm, I have written on flattery, Perhaps I need to review my own work. I meant it, though, your writing is very accessible to the average joe. That is people like me.
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Healing and wholeness, Jew and Gentile, do harm to no one. Would that we could.
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Can’t we? Maybe it depends on how inclusive the “we” is!
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This is part of Church Set Free’s “Kitchen Table Conversation,” a monthly “roundtable” discussion on a single subject from different perspectives by different authors. Please check out the original sites and authors.
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Brother Don, you pointed it out so simply and it reminds me so much of just how Jesus walked it, Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
If there is truly ever an example of Justice in the Here and Now it is in the example of Jesus! Thank you Brother so much for this and God bless you greatly!
And the “thread of the Spirit” continues……
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Thanks Roland; indeed it does
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