Promote Justice

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do what is right. Promote justice!

Isaiah 1
15-17
When you pray, I look the other way.
I pay no attention to your many prayers because you hands are covered in guilt.
Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds. Stop sinning!
Learn to do what is right. Promote justice. Give the oppressed reason to celebrate.
Take up the cause of the orphan. Defend the rights of the widow.

21&23
How tragic that the once faithful city has become a prostitute.
She was once a center for justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murders.
Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs.

Faithless leaders and corrupt officials do not have the final say in matters of righteousness and justice. The Church (every member of the Body of Christ) is responsible to be His witness in the world. Pray for courage, compassion, and wisdom, but do not stop there; we must have action. We must DO what is right and promote justice in our small areas of influence.