Key Bible Verse: The laws of the Lord are true; each one is fair (Psalm 19:9b). Bonus Reading: Psalm 119:137-144

God made us to seek and long for true justice. As we see crime and evil in our society escalating at a sickening pace, something hidden inside our very being rises up, yearning for wrong to be punished and justice meted out.

There used to a little feature in Reader's Digest called "That's Outrageous." Here were true stories, specific accounts of people who had been severely wronged, telling how our society and our government failed to administer the justice due. Criminals out of jail early, committing the horrendous. Murderers let off on a technicality and freed to murder again, all under the banner of justice. I had to quit reading the feature; it was just too upsetting.

How do you cope with this? The only way I know is to keep in mind that we have a God of perfect justice. Though the final judgment of God is yet future, the Bible tells what His verdicts—His pronouncements of consequence, and punishment for sin—will be. God is not capricious like our human judges; He doesn't operate according to His moods or personal circumstances. We can be sure that He will judge fairly and precisely, consistent with all He has told us in Scripture. Ultimately He will right every wrong and silence every rebel.

—James MacDonald in God Wrote a Book

My Response: One way I can reflect God's justice in my society is to …

Thought to Apply:You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.—SOCRATES

Adapted from God Wrote a Book (Crossway, 2002) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Thank you, Lord, for giving me Your Book that tells me everything I need to know about life and how to live it.

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