Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"I, the LORD, love justice"
Text: Isaiah 61:8
WHAT THE LORD LOVES AND HATES
What the LORD loves and what He hates are very clearly taught in the Scriptures. This is a short statement concerning what the LORD loves and what He hates.
“For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed.”
Isaiah 61:8-9
1. What God loves.
a) “Justice” is a symbolic word here.
b) What it stands for:
i) Righteousness
ii) Godliness
iii) Holiness
2. What God hates.
a) “Robbery” is also used symbolically.
b) What it represents:
i) Violence
ii) Oppression
iii) Arrogance
c) Some people rob others and still think that God would accept their “burnt offering”.
d) Offerings given with blood-stained guilt will be rejected.
3. To those who love justice as God does.
a) He will direct their work in truth.
b) He will give to them an everlasting covenant.
4. The descendants of the righteous.
a) They will become people of renown.
b) Even Gentile nations would hear of their righteousness.
c) They would be well-respected by all.
d) They will be recognised as the offspring of the righteous who have been blessed by the LORD.
e) God would be happy to bless the righteous in every generation.