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The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a man who takes bribes overthrows it. Proverbs 29:4

What makes a nation stable?  According to this proverb, the thing that makes any nation stable is when that nation has a king who enforces justice.  This is not exactly an easy thing to understand because in our day justice is not measured in biblical terms. 

We have a disturbing thing in our day called, "social justice."  This term sounds wonderful, until one examines the fruit of those seeking social justice and realize that they are little more than communists and socialists who think that true justice means everyone gets an equal share of everything.  The way this "equal share" is distributed and enforced is through government intrusion into people's lives.  In other words, the government decides what is fair and what is justice - even in economic terms - and then takes from the rich and gives to the poor.  At least this is the way this kind of justice is represented.  In the end - whatever the government says is just - that is what is just.  It doesn't matter if the one with the wealth earned it through hard work - and the one receiving it is unwilling to do that kind of labor.  It doesn't matter if one squanders their wealth or mismanages things - and then takes from one who labors and sacrifices to manage things well so that they have the excess to afford better things.  The all-knowing government decides who are the haves and who are the have nots.  Then the government equalizes all things by their standard of judgment.

True justice deals with just laws and justice meted out on the basis of truth and evidence.  When one has proven to have acted unjustly, they are given the appropriate punishment for their actions.  This works very well until the situation arises where a man within the system of justice is willing to receive a bribe.  The money blinds them to justice.  In a moment of time - the bribe overthrows the entire system of justice and righteousness - and soon "so-called justice" goes to the highest bidder. 

The king could change all this - if he is the kind of man who desires justice first.  He can give a wonderful stability to his kingdom if he stands for righteousness in all that he does.  He will not take a bribe, because he fears God and realizes that even his own position is a trust from God.  Knowing these things - he dispenses justice and righteousness to those in his kingdom - and does so with no respect to persons.  Oh, the stability this gives to his kingdom and to the subjects within it.  If money cannot change a man's mind - if it cannot blind a man to the laws which are written - that is a blessed land indeed.  The people - the commerce - the homes will enjoy great peace and prosperity because of the honesty and integrity with which the king administers all things within its borders. 

We would be wise to learn this lesson in our current situation.  Too often legislation is made due to the influence of "special interest groups."  This is a fancy name for those who offer bribes of various kinds to our legislators so that they will influence legislation, not for the common good - not for righteousness sake - but for the good of the one offering the bribe.  It overthrows the entire system - because the system is no longer based upon truth - but it becomes based upon who can produce the biggest bribe.  In the end, the real problem becomes the total lack of integrity in those who lead - which in turn awards leadership, not to those whose character and integrity will give light to the people - but rather to the one who is the biggest crook with the biggest wallet.  God help us and God bless America with leaders who give us stability with true justice and righteousness.  May He give us leaders who cannot be bought and paid for - but who seek to rule justly according to the wisdom of God.
 


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