Anticipating Justice (1/1)
By: Anda Su
Tags: Christianity

Protesting and public outcry are about the Kingdom of God.

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Okay, well not quite.

I can definitely guarantee you that there isn’t protesting in Heaven.

But then what DO I mean by protesting and outcry is about the Kingdom of God?

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Quite simply, we miss the Garden.

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Consider the chaos and tragedy we have in our world

A starving child

A virus destroying a healthy 20 year-old’s body

A black man being strangled to death by the police

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And how do we respond?

“Send them more money!”

“Blame China! They’re the ones who decided to eat bat soup!”

“Black Lives Matter!”

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The Garden of Eden was a place where man and God could reside

Created and provided for

Designed as the Kingdom of God on Earth

It was perfect;

It was paradise;

We were perfect;

We were living in paradise.

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We were meant to rule with Him

Yet we decided we wanted our own way

We thought we could be just as good, if not, better than God

But we were bound to fail.

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Every time something failed

We hid in shame

We tried to put bandages over our broken bones

It was a decent try, but never the perfection we needed

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And so we get a little desperate

Out of frustration

We protest

We riot

We cry out

Because we want justice served

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But who do we put our hope in to deliver this justice?

The police?

The government?

Just a black square?

Do we rise up to overthrow everything?

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We can’t.

No human is perfect*.

No human is meant to be a total saviour to another human.

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We can only put our hope in the one who transcends everything and everyone

The one who is perfect

The one who’s promises never failed

That is, the one who raised Jesus from the grave.

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And so we cry out

“Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint!

Protect my life from the threat of the enemy

They plot injustice and say

‘We have devised a perfect plan!’

But You will shoot them with your arrows

They will suddenly be struck down

You will turn their own tongues against them

And bring them to ruin.

All who see them will shake their heads in scorn

All people will fear

They will proclaim the works of God

And ponder what he has done.

The righteous will rejoice in the Lord

And take refuge in him

All the upright will find glory in him!”

Knowing that he will be just.

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Because only until then

Will we be able to see

All human life is precious

That a human’s life has been fearfully and wonderfully made

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Now is the time to cry.

To cry and mourn the losses, sin, death and destruction in this world

But to also cry out to God to come and save us

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So I pray that as we wait in anticipation for the final judgement

We dare to replace the

“White people can’t dance”

“Asians are good at math because they eat their pet dogs”

“Blacks are good at basketball because they can run, shoot and steal”

With

“That’s someone’s daughter!”

“That’s someone’s son!”

When was the last time you chose to see that person as truly human?

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As we wait

Let us act justly

Love mercy

And walk humbly with the Lord

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(Reference: Psalm 64, Micah 6)

*Sidenote, Jesus is the only human (who was also fully God) to be perfect and is the saviour to all.