What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [2] 12/21/2025 (Morning thought)

Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there’s no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goes therein shall not know peace.

This is exactly what God warned folks about in the book of Isaiah, and that movie is now showing at a theater near you. But according to what is written, it will reach a tipping point where The Lord will have to intervene, and when He does, it will not be pretty or cute, to say the least. As we read, let us be honest with ourselves and ask this question: Is Isaiah speaking about some future time or is he referring to the here and now?

And, if he is, then the word of the Lord is simple: Be you also ready, because He is going to bring to pass His act, His strange act….. Isaiah 59 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

Isaiah 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, justice stands afar off, for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter…. The following story is an allegorical work that shows how a justice system can be perverted, and how any judge who is not very careful in his interactions with the public, can be led down a slippery slope, even if he may have had good intentions initially.

 Isaiah 59:15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it  displeased him that there was no judgment.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [1] 12/21/2025 (Evening thought)

Deuteronomy 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

We are living in an age where in some instances, not all, the system of justice is perverted, an age where the rich and the infamous have curry favored some judges, in so much that folks on the lower echelons of society are in many ways being treated differently to those who have the money and influence to grease judges’ hands. In some cases, persons are thrown in jail for minor offenses, while individuals at the top of the totem pole are released for much more egregious crimes.

This grim state of affairs will not continue forever because the prophet Isaiah says that God is taking notice. And in the fulness of time, He will act and He will do so in a very strange way that most persons are not expecting. When justice is perverted to suit one’s will, when populations are not given a fair shake in the courts of law, it is just a matter of time before society will begin to crumble.

And once the horses have left the barn, it could be quite difficult, if not impossible to rein them back in, because, nations that have permitted the wheels of justice to go off the rails, usually never regain their stature, or prominence as in former years. This happened in ancient Babylon, it occurred with papal Rome, it happened in Herod’s day, and the same disease could now be seen in many nations around the world, where you have a two-tiered system of justice, one for the rich, and another for the poor, with the poorer classes, often receiving the short end of the stick.

Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!