Equity

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Proverbs 2:6-9 KJV

 Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge. He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity, Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.  Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. 

Proverbs 2:6-9 Douay Rheims 

A term thrown around today is "Equity." It is mentioned ten times in the King James Version.  When you have the Lord's wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity, follow the same "good" path.  What I see today in the Christian community is a lack of wisdom, thus leading to a lack of perceived justice, judgment, and equity.  All three play a crucial role in a person's life with the Lord.  It all starts with the Lord's wisdom. 

You see this when people blame others for their lack of success, balance in life, or a stable mentality with yourself and others around you.  Wisdom comes from the Lord, not the world.  The world will try to destroy the Lord's wisdom in you through your integrity and character, where examples like morality, ethics, values, honesty, kindness, grace, etc.… will be tried at every step, every breath, and every second of time.  Whatever good values are in the Lord, the world is the opposite.  The world will judge how you look, talk, and believe, as well as everything about you physically, mentally, and spiritually.  We will look at evil next week and compare it to when you walk in the Lord's way. 

I leave with a story.  This past week, an incident happened during my travels.  It was blistering cold outside, maybe zero degrees.  I walked three-quarters of a mile to a pharmacy to pick up a few things instead of taking a ride share.  A man started to accuse the worker of being inhumane for not allowing him access to the bathroom.  She politely said I needed to clean up a mess; someone threw up all over the front.  That was not a good enough answer.  He tells her, I could have peed my pants.  He said, "pissed on myself" and proceeded to tell her a second time how "inhumane she was for not allowing him access to the bathroom." Of course, I listened and hesitated to speak, but I had to say something.  Now, let me be clear: the woman did not believe in Christ.  The man, I believe, was a Christian.  I told the man it was not inhumane; it was an inconvenience you had to go to the bathroom that bad.  A place of business provides access to restrooms as a convenience to its customers.  What is inhumane in life is people who are homeless in this extreme cold weather or live in the favelas (brazil) where they have no bathroom.  Living in poverty is inhumane. Not having access to the bathroom in a store is an inconvenience—a first-world mentality. I bet a person living in poverty would love to trade places with this man.  There is an enormous difference between inhumane and inconvenience.  

Wisdom from the Lord separates Christians from the evil in this world and brings judgment, justice, and equity to all who follow the good path.  The man in the store needed the Lord's wisdom.  We all do.