Justice and power

Psa. 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Mercy and truth go before Your face

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

—Blaise Pascal

REVELATION: God's love is inseparable from his justice. For some reason this concept is so hard for our post-modern generation to grasp. This is a direct result of the failure of men to be men (i.e. Chirst-like), men to represent spirituality (in most churches women are more than men) and men to be real fathers, who model love and justice to their families, including their children. 

OBSERVATION: For most of us who profess to have a covenant relationship with Jesus it shouldn't be hard to grasp the idea that justice continues to be part of such relationship. And yet, after 18 years of ministry, I'm amazed at how many believers juggle in their minds the ideas of justice and love as if wondering which one to choose to believe. Does God love me? How then He can could be so demanding and expect all these things from me? It seems that way too many people have a hard time having a biblically balanced view of God. A view which integrates his justice and his love in a holistic paternal experience. 

IMPLICATION: To know the Father, the Son and the Spirit as both loving and just is a must. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Heb. 4:16 is a beautiful picture of the throne of God. The same throne we read of in Psalm 89:14, if I might add. A throne upon which sits one who watches over us, who loves us and yet upholds the whole word by the power of his word.