Justice

Walking Justly, Living Fairly

Scripture: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” — Micah 6:8

Justice and fairness are not the same, yet both are born from the same holy root.Justice is the steady heartbeat of God’s will—His perfect order that calls wrong “wrong” and right “right.”Fairness is the gentle pulse of mercy that keeps our hearts from turning stone-cold in the process of being right.

When we do justice, we stand for truth, even when it costs us something.When we act fairly, we remember that every person we meet bears the image of God—flawed, yet redeemable.Justice without fairness becomes cruelty. Fairness without justice becomes compromise.Together, they form the narrow way where love and righteousness meet.

The Christian walk is not a balance between the two, but a fusion of both—truth spoken with compassion, mercy guided by truth. To live justly and fairly is to mirror God’s own nature: firm in righteousness, rich in mercy, and humble in heart.

Prayer:Lord, teach me to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with You.Keep me from hardness disguised as righteousness, and from softness that abandons truth.Help me to see others as You see them—worthy of justice, mercy, and love.Amen.