I want to share a passage of Scripture with you that I read again this week and I have been meditating on all week.
Proverbs 31:8-9 Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
We have a God given responsibility as children of God to speak up for those who have no voice. There are many people on the "margins" of life- the young, the old, the poor, the orphans, the widows. There are varied reasons why people have no voice. Those of us who have a voice, must speak.
All people have value because life is a gift from God, and human beings are created in His image. Sometimes it seems overwhelming when we consider the vast numbers of the dispossessed, the oppressed, and the needy. It is tempting to withdraw completely with an attitude of "I can't make a difference anyway, the problems are too overwhelming."
Yet everyone can do something. For example, all of us who love God and love life can advocate for life. We can support and vote for people who value life. We can speak out against those who do not.
You will not be held accountable by God for everything that needed to be done. You will be held accountable by God for what you are able to do, and how He has called you to make a difference.
The greatest need that all people have is the Gospel. There is a poverty of the soul that only Jesus Christ can remedy. As we speak for the dispossessed, the oppressed, the needy, it must be Gospel centered.
