Halls of Justice Painted Green
Money Talking
Power Wolves Beset Your Door
Hear Them Stalking
Soon You’ll Please Their Appetite
They Devour
Hammer of Justice Crushes You
OverpowerFrom …And Justice for All by Metallica
Our society and culture has conditioned me to root for the little guy. Justice, it seems, can be bought and sold like any other commodity. O.J. Simpson parlayed his money and fame into a not guilty verdict in what appeared to be an air tight case. Ironically, African Americans are more likely to be incarcerated than their Caucasian counterparts and spend more time in jail.
Here in Canada the situation isn’t much better. Aboriginal Canadians are discriminated against by our prison system. My friend Mushi who came to Canada from the Congo four years ago, once commented that while Canada is a great country, in many ways our systems are racist. “Paul, look around you. It is only the Aboriginal people who are in jail.”
Despite my desire to root for the little guy in matters of justice, God sees things differently. I was actually surprised when I first read the following verse the other night.
You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute (Exodus 23:3 NKJV).
Doesn’t God root for the little guy too? After I thought about I realized that God’s thoughts are indeed higher than mine. God doesn’t show partiality to the poor in matters of justice just because they are poor. God seeks to create through us a world where justice is blind and impartial. When we actually seek justice for all people, the systems that are in place which create the imbalances that exist now will disappear.
