Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. — Amos 5:15 KJV
Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. — Amos 5:15 NIV
Thought and Reflection
While we show our children that we should not hate other people, we also should train them to severely dislike unfairness, wickedness, bias, and the abuse of the feeble.
Amos reminded Israel that God requests justice be controlled decently for both rich and poor, occupant and outsider. Their rehashed refusals of God’s will here brought destruction upon their property regardless of their evident wealth and influence in Amos’ day.
My Prayer
Dear God, I realize you are angry at the unfairness in such countless grounds and are angered at the ethnic scorn setting our world ablaze. Please make your people, your Church, a place of justice, equity, empathy, love, racial mending, and trust.
Please begin in my heart and with my hands to build this better world. In Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen.
