Jeremiah 21:11 To the house of the king of Judah say: Hear the word of the Lord,O house of David! Thus says the Lord:
Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
anyone who has been robbed,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire,
and burn, with no one to quench it,
because of your evil doings.
Jeremiah here provides a bit of a job description reminder for the king. Never-mind whether the king appreciated being told the parameters of his job by a wandering prophet. This gives us a little insight into what God thinks the job of a king is. Execute justice. Save those who have been robbed from their oppressor. Simple. A two-point job description. Not bad.
Now I'm assuming that nobody reading this is a king. Though through the power of email forwarding and the six degrees of separation, you never know. But we all can vote for our king/President and Congress. And we all exercise power to greater or lesser degrees. This is what God wants us to do in our life together: justice and saving those who are robbed from their oppressors. And by God's grace, we can do it as well.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
Join us for worship Saturday at 5 and Sunday at 9. A blood drive is being hosted this Sunday morning at All Saints. As always, complete information can be found at http://www.allsaintspalatine.org
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