August 25, 2021
“Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry” (Amos 5:24 NLT). For many the recent guilty verdict in the case of the state of Minnesota vs. Derek Chauvin has been a source of great jubilation and a time of celebration. For this Pastor it is a time of reflection and prayer. We live in a time of superficial religion, and complacency, where there is the oppressing of the poor and a failure to acknowledge God. This Pastor can remember the murder case of Emmett Till and the Rodney King assault case. When we as a people fail to honor and value human life, irrespective of race, (ethnicity), there has to be the realization that everyone answers to God. All people, every person will have to account for their sin. Derek Chauvin will have to account for his sin, his inhumanity to George Floyd. While this one case is a step in the right direction, our heavenly Father has said He wants to see a “mighty flood of justice”. Dear ones, to have that kind of justice we must turn to the “Just One.” Let’s start here: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5, 6). For there to be a “just” judicial system there must be a “river of righteous living that will never run dry”. Let me close with this: (1 John3:7) “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as He is righteous.”
Pastor J. Amos Jones
