[Dailydevo] Daily Devotion Friday March 10, 2006

[Barry Ludwig]

Daily Devotions Friday March 10, 2006

The Daily Devotions are this week are written by Pastor Barry Ludwig. During
the season of Lent, the theme of Zion's Wednesday services (5 & 7pm) is
based upon our congregational set of values. Those values flow from the
person and name of Jesus (Justice, Energy to witness, Spiritual maturity,
Understanding the radical nature of Grace, Service to those in need). This
week we explore Justice.

 

Acts 24: 24-25   (RSV)

After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess;  and he
sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus.  And as he
argued about justice and self-control and future judgment,  Felix was
alarmed and said, "Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I
will summon you."  

 

Thought

This past Wednesday evening, Zion's Christian Service Committee asked
several people who are passionate about Justice to bear witness at our
midweek Lenten services. One of the speakers, Rose Martin the director of
Peace Neighborhood, said we can be sure that God wants us to do something
when it is that very thing we do not want to do!  In the text above, Felix
the Roman governor in Palestine, dismissed Paul when he began to speak about
God's justice in Jesus Christ. Felix did not want to hear it.

 

"Doing" justice is hard. It goes against our inward tendency to take care of
self first. It contradicts worldly values and prejudices which have shaped
us.  But doing justice is liberating. When we, like Jesus, oppose the status
quo and look into the eyes of others with compassion and deep concern, there
is a joy and meaning which is priceless (as the TV add goes). Do justice! 

 

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