13th March 2024
Meditation Verse: Psalm 11 “The Lord is Righteous.”
I have a copy of The Poverty & Justice Bible on my bookshelf which highlights in orange passages throughout the old and new testament which speak specifically to these topics. Our God is a God of Justice all the way through the Bible, Justice is not a new concept and we can worship and honour him by standing up for the marginalised which is precisely what we do in our Renew spaces each week. In Isaiah 58 it says:
“No, the kind of fast I want is that you stop oppressing those who work for you and treat them fairly and give them what they earn. 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are helpless, poor, and destitute. Clothe those who are cold, and don’t hide from relatives who need your help.
8 If you do these things, God will shed his own glorious light upon you. He will heal you; your godliness will lead you forward, goodness will be a shield before you, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind. 9 Then, when you call, the Lord will answer. “Yes, I am here,” he will quickly reply. All you need to do is to stop oppressing the weak and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumours!
10 Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day. 11 And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too; and you will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.”