Sunday, May 27, 2007
Psalm 82:1-8
82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations! (ESV)
by Leota Stevens
Superman was one of my favorite comic book characters. He could dash past locomotives, out-distance speeding bullets, leap over tall buildings, and bend steel in his bare hands. His most defining moment was when he stood proudly in the foreground of the U.S. flag and the announcer proclaimed him to be the champion of “truth, justice and the American way.”
The tight blue body suit and flowing red cape may not be our first choice in daily apparel, but we have been commissioned by the most “Super-one” of all to champion the cause of justice in our own sphere of influence. This passage reveals a number of ways that justice may be served though our interactions with the poor, needy, afflicted, and fatherless.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
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