Bread for the Resistance by Barber Donna

Author:Barber, Donna [Barber, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.

ISAIAH 53:5

But just as surely as our word and ministry is one of reconciliation, our work is a work of justice. Attempting to live this righteous life in an unrighteous society or system is like trying to walk a straight line across a slanted floor on the warped deck of a small ship in a storm. Christ suffered and sacrificed, not just to save us from sin but to also deliver us to the peace of God. This peace, shalom in Hebrew, was purchased with his stripes. It’s more than the absence of conflict with the Father; it is also the inclusion of the wholeness, completeness, soundness, health, safety, and prosperity that Jesus bled and died to give us. Sharing the good news then includes fixing the slanted floor, working to right the ship, and at times raising our voices to speak to the storm.

This justice work is the effort to realign behaviors and treatments, and procedures and policies, to that which is right or fair. The plumb line of fairness is the one that was set at the beginning by a Holy God in his perfect world, one in which each living soul had intimate relationship and sufficient resource. Every degree of deviation from that line is an effort by some to reestablish the status quo and tip the scales toward injustice.

The Spirit of God, from the beginning to now, groans within these newly born hearts for the peace of justice. In response we must lift our voices and raise our hands. Quench not the Spirit.

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