Good Morning Friends,
“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those
who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold
justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing
the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes
from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing
will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for
all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.” (Isaiah
10:1-4)
God cares about those who are oppressed and
helpless. The poor, the oppressed, the widows, the orphans all have a special
place in God’s heart. He sees what happens to them. He knows who comes to their
aid and who brings more trouble to them.
Not even nations can get away with turning
their backs on those in need. God will punish nations who turn from their
foundational purpose of protecting those who cannot protect themselves. A day
of reckoning will come for them.
America has had a long history of providing
for those in need. The heart of America to help the helpless has been clearly
evident in days past. No doubt, America’s blessings can be traced to that
heart, at least in part.
Yet, today, there are the helpless that we
overlook. The unborn cry out as helpless and America turns its back on them. Those
with limited access to health care – those in sexual slavery – immigrants and other
groups and individuals are hurting and are often ignored. God’s warning is as
valid today as when Isaiah first uttered it. A day of reckoning will come. God’s
anger is not turned away. His hand is still upraised.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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