SATURDAY - 16TH MARCH, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
IMMEDIACY OF JUDGEMENT - Does Good Pays Series 003?
Ecclesiastes 8:11, KJV
"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
To have that society of our dream isn't far fetched at all. It all begins with being prompt with the execution of judgement. When matters are unnecessarily adjourned, you may begin to suspect if fairness will be struck at all.
In many nations of the world today, their experience is that you can buy yourself out of any crime case. It doesn't matter how criminal it is, once you could rub or grease the palms of those at the table, it'd be settled. This act amidst the delay antics in judgement is what makes many faint or weary of good doing. Many stories of crooked men who like Barabbas continue to walk scotfree and make appearances in the society warns the citizenry even of the danger of exposing evil or serving as eye witnesses to one. Fear has now come to grip the just as they cower at what untold evil could happen to them when they seek to expose the works of darkness in their society. I'll say no society lives this way that won't deteriorate.
Our anchor verse today warns against delayed judgement. I had said it in yesterday's devotional that if one offends and is quickly brought to book, it'll serve as a deterrent to others that crime doesn't pay. It'll also be an encouragement indirectly to the righteous and law abiding citizens to continue in the discharge of good. Delaying judgement, being unfair at judgement or not prosecuting the offender at all only encourages more evil in the society. In some society, they have perfected the art of bringing people to book. As such there's sanity and respect for sanctity of life. In others, it is not so. Therefore, the hearts of men are fully set to try evil or continually do evil.
When that place says, "therefore the heart of men is fully set to do evil", it wasn't talking only about the hearts of wicked men being continually set to do evil but even the righteous being converted to follow after their example to do evil."
Any society that'll live in relative peace and civility must ensure that there's a distinction between law breakers and abiders. Offenders should be hunt down irrespective of where they flee to for refuge while abiding citizenry should be justly rewarded as an example of the expectation on the enter citizenry. If you protect certain offices due to the immunity of the office, you'd be fighting this principle also. It means leaders and those with status or offices could bully the less privileged. And we have seen that a lot. Such bullying ranges from forceful collection of landed properties to even violation of the human rights of the poor. In some countries, we've seen presidents serve terms in jail for offences they were found guilty of. Rule of law should indeed be upheld without an exception. It'll warn men irrespective of status of proper behavior.
The onus of seeing to execution of judgement lies on us all at the levels we are - either at home or outrightly in government. Don't delay judgement for the offender. Strike the iron while it is hot and let him bear the justness of his actions. This way, the righteous will rejoice and do more good while the wicked will withdraw and fear the law. Without a proper rewarding system in any nation, you'd destroyed the citizenry and produce a dummy nation that switches right for wrong and wrong for right.
PRAYER: At all stratas of our nation, we declare the justness and fairness of God as supreme. We ask for courage against intimidation to pursue righteousness and uphold the rule of law.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Numbers 22:21-23:30, Luke 1:57-80, Psalm 58:1-11, Proverbs 11:12-13
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