Your Way To A New Day?
Friday, April 14, 2023
Late to the Day’s Beginning,
As the Light is Already Bright and White,
But Still A Good Beginning.
Jeremiah 23:5
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Hebrews 2:14-15
Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.
Words of Grace For Today
The dream of justice for the people, justice based on truth and righteousness, is as old as the hills.
And in these days it surely has not been accomplished, as tyrants and despots rule in many lands across the earth, and even in democracies, which give the appearance of some sort of justice, special interests (and international corporations with profits greater than many governments) corrupt the processes that are designed to be (or at least look to be) just.
Money gets its way, so to speak, and everyone suffers.
That hope for a just government is not what Jesus came to provide, as much as we hope that some day it yet will be accomplished.
Jesus came to free us from fear of death. That fear is what lies underneath almost all injustices, but to be free we have to allow God to work that freedom for us and in us. It is not something we simply choose, or can accomplish on our own. It is a gift. It is only a gift.
What we get to do with that gift is find the beginning of each day and the end of each day as God intends us to find them: free from fear of death, free from fear of guilt, and free from fear of God’s judgment (since God works with mercy for us.)
Did you find the beginning of this day?