God Is Just

Wednesday - July 27, 2022

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“All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result, you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.’ – 2 Thessalonians 1:5

Jesse Jackson tells the story of a visit to the University of Southern Mississippi.  While touring the campus with the university president, he noticed a towering male student, six feet, eight inches tall, holding hands with a midget coed barely three feet tall.  His curiosity piqued, Jackson stopped to watch as the young man, dressed in a warm-up suit, tenderly picked up the midget, kissed her, and sent her off to class.  The president explained that the student was a star basketball player.  Both parents had died in his youth, and he made a vow to look after his sister.  Many scholarship offers came his way, but only Southern Mississippi offered one to his sister too.

Jackson went over to the basketball star, introduced himself, and said he appreciated him looking out for his sister.  The athlete shrugged and said, "Those of us who God makes six-eight have to look out for those he makes three-three."

God will judge each person justly. Today in prayer, rejoice in God’s judgment and in His mercy toward you.

“None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.” – Matthew Henry

God’s Word: “God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you” – 2 Thessalonians 1:6