Day 14, Thursday, Book of Faith – Lenten Journey

I don’t know about you, but when I read things like “God is just” it scares me a bit. It scares me because the justice of God reflects the purity of the law, and when it comes to the law I KNOW I don’t measure up. I don’t even come close. So, being reminded of God’s justness is kind of scary because it makes me OH SO aware of my need for grace. If God is just, which God is, then there is no way I can be saved by anything I can muster on my own. It makes me totally dependant. I throw myself upon the mercy of the court. Being reminded of that kind of helplessness can be kind of scary.

I also feel convicted, (and appropriately so), by the sentence: “In a truly just world nobody would have more than enough of the material necessities of life until everyone had enough.” Haiti and Tanzania and many other areas of the world, including areas in our own back yard, vividly remind us that not everyone has enough. We have a VERY long way to go before we live in a truly just world. We have a vision of the goal and we are called to be constantly striving toward that goal, because not having enough of the material necessities of life can be a lot scarier than being dependant upon God’s grace; A LOT scarier!