Daily Devotional

-February 5, 2021-

Good morning, happy Friday,

-God Loves Righteousness And Justice-

“For the Word of the Lord is right, and His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”

(Psalm 33:4-5).

Everything about the Lord is perfect: His Word is right, His work is done in truth, He loves righteousness and justice, and His goodness is fills the earth. Three of His attributes are found in today’s text: truth, righteousness, justice, and goodness.

When the Bible says that God loves something, it is very important to Him, and it should be to us as His people as well. Psalm 33 is an anonymous psalm. The title of the psalm is: The Sovereignty of the Lord in Creation and History. It is a rich and beautiful psalm. We should love and practice righteousness and justice daily.

• The Lord loves righteousness – Righteousness means that whatever God does is right. He does the right thing at the right time, and in the right way. He loves righteousness. Psalm 11:7 says, “For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.” Conversely, He hates sin, lawlessness, evil, and wickedness in every form.

Through the cross, God has made us righteous through the death of His Son Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Positionally, He views us as righteous in and through Christ. Now we must practice righteousness in a practical way through the power of the Holy Spirit. May God help us to do what is right in His sight and in the sight of men. We should be men and women of honesty, integrity, truth, and sincerity.

• God loves justice – Justice means to be fair, to treat everyone equally, to use the highest standards in everything. Abraham in his intercessory prayer on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah where his nephew Lot and his family lived, he pleaded with the Lord to spare the cities. He began by asking if there were fifty righteous there, and ended up if there were ten there. In his communication with the Lord, he said, “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right” (Genesis 18:25). We know the angel took Lot, his wife, and their two daughters by the hand to get them out before God’s judgment came down on the cities. Sadly, Lot’s wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt. Her heart was there.

We should love justice as well. They say that justice is blind so as to treat each person fairly and equally. God’s justice is way greater and His eyes are wide open. He is the only one who can say this. Much is being said about social justice today. We should treat all people well under the laws of God and man. There is no room for prejudice, inequality, or injustice in any way shape or form.

May God who loves righteousness and justice help us to do the same. Our standards are high because God’s standards are high. We as Christians need to live to please God and treat others with love, respect, and courtesy.

Have a blessed day in righteousness and justice. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean