Warning to the Rich

Meditations in the Season of Lent 

March 16, 2022

Warning to the Rich

For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

James 5:4

Read: James 5:1-6

Did you watch the Olympics this year? I didn’t. My personal boycott wasn’t noticed in China or in the executive suites of the television networks. But it was something I could do as my protest of the genocide by the CCP. Remember the sins of omission from yesterday?

Today’s passage affirms that the cries of the oppressed reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Have the cries of the oppressed in our own cities reached our ears? When is the last time we heard our religious leaders speak out against oppression and mistreatment of workers? When is the last time our religious leaders have spoken out against political leaders whose policies have contributed to the homelessness crisis across our country? When is the last time our religious leaders have spoken out against the political leaders whose policies have made it dangerous to walk in so many neighborhoods, and to take public transportation in so many of our cities?

My Takeaway: I am responding to today’s passage by praying for God’s guidance for one thing I can do, or change how I am doing, or stop doing that will align me with the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and those who are being oppressed.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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