I don't know about you, but sometimes, when I look at the world, and the state it is in, it's hard to see Justice done, in the economic situation in Greece, and perhaps China, how that will eventuate, and how it will effect us. It's so easy to give up and loose hope.
Can anything be done, while we humans run around like headless hens and try to fix the mountain of incredible debt?
I just stand back sometimes and just wonder what would God do?
How does he make sense out of it?
He is in fact supernatural, so where is he in the crisis?
Well he's right here with us, he's there with the Greek people, lining up to draw cash out of their cash machines to live, meanwhile people can't do that, the city and country has gone bankrupt.
Where is the Justice done?
What about our own lives? Where's God when it hurts?
Is God really there? when all around are shadows and dispear.
We read in Psalm 9, that David makes a choice, he chooses to praise God, with all his heart.
He then stands up and states for himself that he will tell of all the wonderful things that God has done for him.
He then sings joyful songs, and praise to God almighty, for what he has done and what he will do.
We are called to, sing songs of joy to God, songs that give him praise, because when we praise God, all of the bad things that have happened, and the enemies will turn back, because they see God, imagine that? Imagine being so close to God, that when your enemies see God, that give up and don't harm you.
I wish I could be like that, and we can, we only need to talk to God more, and the more we talk to him the more we can trust him, and he won't fail or let us down or disappoint, it says in verse 4, that God is fair, and honest in his judgments and that God judged in our favor.
Now the word judged isn't a bad word or a word to be scary about, and I know that it brings to mind a court room with lawyers and council, and they jury and all that, and lots of stress, but God always works in our favor.
But we need to be aware of God, we need to be aware of praising him all the time, yes in the good parts of our day, week, year, what ever yes we are called to praise God all the time, and that what I am learning to do. As you are praising God, you will find that the things that you used to worry about will vanish. You know how you are in Christ, and you know that Justice will be done, you know that everyday he is fighting for you, so that you won't be in any danger, God doesn't waste time, his ways are not our ways, he is active in what he does, he knows the plan he has for your life, and it happens fast. Thank God in the hard times, when it's hard to get up in the morning, when all you want to do is just go back to bed and forget that the sun is in the sky. You have a chance my friend.
What are you going to do?
Justice is hard, it brings to mind all the things that people have done to us, that should have been done, and it should bring some sort of repayment.
But that's not how God works, Is God happy with you?
Oh my goodness me yes, he is very happy with you.
And it makes me think of my parents, you see when I was a child, I thought like a child, I was delayed somewhat due to lack of oxygen to my brain so hence that some of it is dead, which results in a mental illness, and yes it does effect my emotions if not more than my physical side of my disability.
I don't overly excessive worry, but I do, I worry quite a bit, wondering if people get the wrong meaning when I say things, when I give presents to people, what I am like as a person.
Even doing that, thanking God in all things, giving him the glory for now and what is about to come, you see you might feel completely, helpless, you might not even think about God you might even have given up well entirely on church, I don't know, but you know what?
He never gives up on you.
It is easy to believe in things we see, that's how we are made, remember Thomas when Christ died on the cross, he wanted to physically put his hands in the holes of Christs wrists and hands in Christs side, to make him even think about believing again.
My friend Jesus is all powerful, and he will do in his time what he needs to do you your life, if you need something like Thomas, to actually see what Christ has done for you, then tell God what you need and he will give it.
That is true Justice and when Jesus comes back on the clouds then and only then true dept and justice will be done, and all will be finished.
Chloe
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