GUILTY OF INJUSTICE?

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist you. James 5:6
Read: Amos 8:4-10, (KJV)
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that
we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may
set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by
deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse
of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of
Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their
works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every
one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise
up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at
noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and
all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring
up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon
every head; and I will make it as the mourning of
an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
MESSAGE
Injustice has been in existence with mankind since
the fall. The unfortunate thing is that God hates
injustice because He is the God of justice and
equity. In our Bible reading for today and in
several others verses of the Bible, we see that
God vehemently abhors injustice. This injustice is
all-inclusive, because it is found among traders
through false measure, the employers of labours
who do not pay the correct wages or delay it
unnecessarily and the employees who cheat on
their employers by not putting up their best for
the wages they earn. James 5:4 says:
“Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped
down your fields, which is of you kept back by
fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of
sabaoth.”
It is injustice when an employer keeps the wages
of the labourers unpaid or holds back some of the
wages meant for the workers. God says He will
not take it lightly with whoever is guilty of this
act. In the same vein, when an employee uses the
time meant for his employer to do something
else, it is injustice. This is why many employees
do not have anything tangible to show for the
wages they earn. When a man works for fifteen
days put together in a month and he is given a
salary of thirty days worth, at the end of the
month, the value of what he will use the money
for will not be more than his actual wage for
fifteen days. Many traders are fond of using false
measures to sell their merchandise. Only
ignorance makes people indulge in such practices,
because the God of justice will always bring
judgement upon such businesses.
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in
meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances,
just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you
out of the land of Egypt.”
Leviticus 19:35-36
The consequence of the above injustice is written
in our text for today:
“The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob,
Surely I will never forget any of their works… And
I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your
songs into lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every
head; and I will make it as the mourning of an
only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.”
Amos 8:7,10
Beloved, beware of injustice of any kind so that
you are not found guilty of practicing that which
the Lord hates. The Bible says:
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord;
and a false balance is not good.”
Proverbs 20:23
Action Point :
Examine your life; if you are in any way indulging
in injustice, repent today and restitute your ways.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : Acts 20:17-22:21 and Song
of Solomon 5:10-6:9
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 4: TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE
1. Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
2. Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let the
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
3. Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.
6. Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.