Isaiah 59:7-9 - So justice is far from us

59:7,8

The people were quick to rush in to sin, and this would often involve the shedding of innocent blood and violence. One of the things about the abortion debate that amazes/shocks me is the total lack of concern that some pro-abortion folk seem to have for the life in the womb. Terrorists have no concern for the people they kill or injure. Governments can even be the same.

Such people do not know the way of peace nor of justice. We can be amazed at times as the attitude that certain people or groups of people take, thinking why can’t they see sense, or why cannot they be more reasonable. Sin blinds the eyes of men. The ways of God are straightforward, life is an awful lot simpler if we follow God’s ways, but when we depart from them everything suddenly gets more complicated, and there is no peace.

59:9

So when we depart from God’s ways justice and righteousness are far from us, and life gets miserable. Everyone hopes for light. Our society in all its misguided plans on abortion, divorce, LGBT, marriage etc is looking for light, it is seeking to make people happier. But none of this works, we just get more darkness. So we live in the shadows instead of in the light.