It is sadly becoming increasingly commonplace to see news reports of our governmental systems acting unjustly.
  Government officials at various levels have announced that they will not enforce immigration laws and certain drug laws. They are conducting investigations into the activities of law enforcement agents who have attempted to enforce those laws, while people and organizations that have violated abortion laws are not investigated or are prosecuted so weakly that they cannot be convicted.
  People of faith have been sued, arrested, or sent to jail for exercising their rights of free speech and religion as they share the gospel or offer alternatives to abortion.
  Prominent members of Congress recently advocated the breaking of contracts between employers and employees and then acted to single out those certain individual employees for vengeful taxation while encouraging riots against them for actions which were not illegal.
  Isaiah 59 sounds like a lament for our nation:

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. (Isaiah 59:14)

  Fortunately, Isaiah 59 not only describes a nation devoid of justice, but also indicates the solution:

No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. (Isaiah 59:4)

Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. (Isaiah 59:16)

  Israel had no one to intercede, to call for justice and to plead for truth, so God had to act. But because of His action in the sacrifice of His Son, we now have intercessors who can do what He did:

For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. (Isaiah 59:17)

  The full armor of God was meant to be used to restore justice and that armor is now available to Christians to use to stand against the wiles of the devil in the evil day. Now is the time to fervently intercede for our nation, calling for justice to be restored and pleading for truth to be broadcast and known. Justice is like daylight; it grows in intensity until it reaches its peak.

Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. (Isaiah 51:4)

Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. (Psalm 37:5-6)

  No matter what injustice comes, the outcome of Isaiah 59 is that God will take a stand against it. It is time for us to stand with Him and hold His standard high against the flood of injustice and declare an end to it.

So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. (Isaiah 59:19)

  Notice what follows this Isaiah 59 stand in chapter 60:

Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. (Isaiah 60:1-3)

  The world will come toward the light. Let’s make the call!

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