Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. Isaiah 59:14
According to the dictionary veritas
aequitas is a Latin phrase for truth and justice
and is a motto that stands for personal honor and truth in actions and justice,
regardless of the circumstances.[1]
Isaiah had the ear of the rich and
powerful among Israel’s elite. When
truth and justice gave way to power-brokering and personal gain, the prophet
could not stay silent. He called out the
sinful and selfish façade of the religious and political leaders. Isaiah was God’s mouthpiece; doing his job,
speaking for truth and justice, meant he paid the full price of the last
measure of faithfulness…the unjust, ever untruthful, but powerful relgio-political
elite, had him cut in two with a saw.
I trust some voices in the true spirit
of prophet Isaiah will speak up and decry the injustice and crass ambition we
have seen replace any kind of integrity in the political process. Our Lord’s words declare He is the way to
God, the unquestioned truth of justice, and everything that means and gives
life.[2] I’m
not entirely sure He would even vote this time.
There are
two major candidates running for president, and a couple hundred million voters
who will decide which of the fifth graders will occupy the oval office for the
next four years.
This is a
time to pray hard.
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road; have
a blessed day in God’s light!
Title image: Pixabay.com W Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
For another post on Isaiah 59 see: The Light on My Path
[2] “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. John 14:6
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