Psalm 33:5
5 He loveth ['ahab]
righteousness [tsadaqah] and judgment [mishpat]: the earth ['erets] is full
[male'] of the goodness [checed] of the LORD [Yahovah]. KJV-Interlinear
5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the
LORD. ESV
Righteousness is the
standard of truth, and justice is the action of correction or cleansing away. And as this verse states, those principles
are prevalent throughout the entire world, throughout history.
Everyone knows of right
and wrong, of crime and virtue, of good and evil.
Adam and Eve knew
it. You learned it from your parents or
from your environment or from life’s experiences.
There are endless
examples of good in this world. There
are endless examples of bad in this world.
There are endless
examples of reward and blessing and prosperity in this world.
There are endless
examples of loss and disadvantage and poverty in this world.
And, there are endless
examples of Gods perfect standard, of Gods fairness, and especially of Gods steadfast
love.
In contrast the world
offers nothing but prejudice, bias, unfairness, and endless blame and revenge.
When things go wrong, God
is blamed. People never stop to think that a perfect God is incapable of
imperfection.
And yet, no one seems to
stop and consider other sources of imperfection or unfairness, things that they
are a part of and even perpetuate through their criticisms.
And yet, the perfect God,
who is Jesus Christ, is all things, holds all things, provides for all things,
while people pursue the opposite, and then blame Him for their own thoughts,
intents and actions.
It is far better to leave
the imperfect world behind and to pursue something that is a known and
established standard of perfection, rather than pursuing something that is a
known standard of corruption.
