Bernie Madoff, AIG, the list keeps growing and I keep crying out "Justice". But when I screw up my tune takes on a softer tone like "mercy". I read versus like Romans 3:23 and say "that's right, we're all sinners" but I seem to want the playing field leveled when it takes me higher not when it brings those really bad sinners up to my level.
Matthew 18:21-35 tells my story. Having been forgiven, sharing the grace of Christ, my name written in the Book of Life, before the ink dries, I call out "get em God!" Yes, that's right. Go get them and show them the same measure of mercy that was extended to me. Change their hardened hearts and reveal to them Jesus has paid the price for all.
So, comparing yourself to perfection, what measure do you use? When sending out the Twelve, Jesus says "freely you have recieved, freely give" Matt 10:8 Do you freely give? Justice will come my friends, desire mercy.
