Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Psalm 89 verses 13 through 15:
13 You have a mighty arm; *
strong is your hand and high is your right hand.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *
love and truth go before your face.
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
This morning’s Psalm tells us of the governance of God and God’s kingdom. It is a kingdom built on justice and righteousness. These are its foundations. The world can trust that God’s judgments are grounded in the principle of justice for all who are judged and the virtue of righteousness in the one who judges. The people can trust that God judges the world to the world rightly and for the right reasons.
And how do we know these judgments are just? Because love and truth go before God’s judgments. The roots, Eugene Petersen says, are justice and righteousness, and the fruits are truth and love.
Friends, only when we see the fruits of both love and truth can we be assured there is also righteousness and justice in our governance. These are what give legitimacy to a nation and its leaders and what ordain and establish a more perfect and divine rule of law.
So may it be in these United States and all across this green earth.
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