GUILTY OF INJUSTICE?
Memorise: Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth
not resist you. James 5:6
Read: Amos 8:4-10, (KJV) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up
the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell
corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and
the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a
pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn
by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn
that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be
cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God,
that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your
songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son,
and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Bible in one year: Acts 20:17-22:21, Song of Solomon
5:10-6:9
MESSAGE
Injustice has been in existence with mankind since the fall.
The unfortunate thing is that God hates injustice because He is the God of
justice and equity. In our Bible reading for today and in several others verses
of the Bible, we see that God vehemently abhors injustice. This injustice is
all-inclusive, because it is found among traders through false measure, the
employers of labours who do not pay the correct wages or delay it unnecessarily
and the employees who cheat on their employers by not putting up their best for
the wages they earn. James 5:4 says:
“Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your
fields, which are of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”
It is injustice when an employer keeps the wages of the
labourers unpaid or holds back some of the wages meant for the workers. God
says He will not take it lightly with whoever is guilty of this act. In the
same vein, when an employee uses the time meant for his employer to do
something else, it is injustice. This is why many employees do not have
anything tangible to show for the wages they earn. When a man works for fifteen
days put together in a month and he is given a salary of thirty days worth, at
the end of the month, the value of what he will use the money for will not be
more than his actual wage for fifteen days. Many traders are fond of using
false measures to sell their merchandise. Only ignorance makes people indulge
in such practices, because the God of justice will always bring judgement upon
such businesses.
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in meteyard,
in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just
hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land
of Egypt.”
Leviticus 19:35-36
The consequence of the above injustice is written in our
text for today:
“The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I
will never forget any of their works… And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth
upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.”
Amos 8:7, 10
Beloved, beware of injustice of any kind so that you are not
found guilty of practicing that which the Lord hates. The Bible says:
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a
false balance is not good.”
Proverbs 20:23
Action Point
Examine your life; if you are in any way indulging in
injustice, repent today and restitute your ways.
Open Heavens ckgod, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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