There is a God Who Judges

June 2

(Psalms 58:1-11 NIV) "Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men? {2} No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth. {3} Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. {4} Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears, {5} that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be. {6} Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O Lord, the fangs of the lions! {7} Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows be blunted. {8} Like a slug melting away as it moves along, like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun. {9} Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns-- whether they be green or dry--the wicked will be swept away. {10} The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. {11} Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth.""

Sometimes when we look around in our world, it seems there is no justice. Ruthless dictators starve their own people and murder all who disagree with them. Radical terrorists fly jets into buildings, indiscriminately killing men, women and children. The latest crazed narcissist guns down innocent victims who have the misfortune of being in his path. Forty million babies are aborted each year worldwide just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Women are brutalized with abandon; children are abused; the elderly are euthanized. It never seems to stop. But a day is coming when justice will be meted out. A day is coming when all accounts will be settled. A day is coming when all sin will be exposed and punished. The righteous will be avenged and rewarded. The evil will be punished. There is a God who judges, and He is coming. No one will escape His holy gaze. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day