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.
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 Daily, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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