He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
Look around. You will have to look closely and give yourself permission to see. My guess is you live in a world that makes it fairly easy NOT to see – just like I do. Look around and look closely and you will see that which breaks God’s heart.
I recently wept upon hearing the stories of slavery in the 21st century. Abolished? NO! Not even in America. It may look different but around the world people, children are being bought and sold like property and forced to do unspeakable things.
What does the Lord require of us? To do justice. Not just love justice but to step out and do justice.
I am ashamed of the times I have felt slighted because of some injustice in my life which has upset me for weeks. In perspective, they are exceedingly minor injustices. If I get upset about minor injustices, how much more should I be upset about the injustice against children and women that are bought and used for someone else’s wants and pleasure. At this moment, while you are reading this, there are great and horrible things happening to women and children against their wills. We don’t see because it’s easier and more comfortable not to.
There are 27,000,000 slaves in the world today and not all of them are outside of the United States.
Look around. Give yourself permission to see. What injustice do you see? What injustice that breaks God’s heart, breaks yours?
Now prayerfully get involved and go do justice.
Weeping,
Diane
Diane Hunt is part of the Development and Addiction Recovery teams at America’s Keswick. In addition to being a Biblical Counselor, she is a Women’s speaker for retreats, conferences and events. She is a regular writer for Victory Call and one of the authors of Crossing the Jordan Bible Study. She has been married to her husband John over 28 years. She has 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren and 3 adult step-children with 7 grandchildren making 10 in all. She delights reading and teaching, but mostly laughing at the funny things her grandchildren say and do.
Victory Call 
Dear Diane,
Bravo! You spoke out against a topic which is too seldom touched upon…”slavery”.
I believe that folks consider slavery to be a topic which was for the “ancient or Victorian ages”, and that
simply is not so. There is still “sex slave trade” going on here in America – and sometimes in our own
back yards, so to speak. Holocaust survivors here in America and in Israel, Native American tribal members
who are in their given-by-the-government “homes” called reservations – may not fit the definition of “slaves”,
but surely they are in bondage from having been dehumanized by “the white man”.
G-d, throughout Scripture, has held entire nations – and the citizens therein – responsible for that which the
governmental authorities choose to do. Has G-d changed in modern times? No! He is a Constant, and He
loathes oppression.
I appreciate what you said, Diane: to go and look around and see what injustice we, as believers, can change.
Is there a single mother we know who could use some financial/babysitting help? Is there an elderly person
who could benefit from help with the lawn? A widow/widower who could use a freshly-baked treat and a visit? As a
Messianic Jewish woman who loves Jesus Christ, we call these blessings done for others, “mitzvahs”, and the
world will never receive enough of them.
Thanks again for challenging us to open wide our eyes, and “see” that which is occurring around us and
afar. As my precious Dad used to say: “If everybody would give just $5.00, there would be no more need.”
Blessings – and joining you in Weeping,
Stephanie Dickinson from Lancaster, Pa.