JUSTICE?

The talking heads are working overtime in the aftermath of the Casey/Kaylee Anthony trial. Instinctively, we feel that when a little girl's body is left to rot in a swamp that someone ought to pay. This morning the chief suspect, the mom, has been found not guilty. Many people feel that justice was not done. With no reflection on the jury, clearly justice was not done--often in this world justice is a very rare commodity.

Justice is a major theme of the book of Job. Job accused God of injustice. His three friends accused Job of denying the fact that God is just. As outside observers, given a view into the heavenly scene, as well as Divine perspective on the beginning and end, we can see things differently than those submerged in the events as they happened, yet we still wonder about the questions of right and wrong, and balancing the scales.

Rightly, or wrongly, the case in Florida, in many ways, came down to: "Do I know enough?" Our law, quite reasonably, requires a standard of "Beyond reasonable doubt." (We may question whether the juror's doubts were reasonable, but we cast away that standard at our own risk. Another post, another time.) As believers in the Word of God, we know that justice is often not served down here. We look forward to a time when God will bring flawless judgments to bear.

Elihu, the young spokesman in the book of Job comments on this toward the end of the book. With God there is never a lack of knowledge, never a foundation for doubt. It's STTA.
"His eyes are on the ways of mortals;
he sees their every step.
There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness,
where evildoers can hide.
God has no need to examine people further,
that they should come before him for judgment.
Without inquiry he shatters the mighty
and sets up others in their place.
Because he takes note of their deeds." (Job 34:21-25)

In a world where we often don't know--even can't know--for sure, it is inevitable that justice will not be served.
When we deal with the Lord of the Universe there is no such lack.

It's STTA.