Injustice and Poverty operates as Seeds of Offence
Scripture: Romans 5:18-19
Injustice may be a seed of offence: ‘it’s not fair’. Life does not always treat us well. If we allow
roots of self-pity (‘poor me’) or self-hatred (I deserve it) to develop, it produces the fruit of
depression, anger turned in on ourselves. And a victim mentality creates an environment in
which unfair things happen. When lack, poverty and deprivation are the seed of offence, the
root of independence may develop, producing the fruit of self-sufficiency on the one hand and a
lack of generosity on the other. Or a root of hopelessness, producing the fruit of failure.
You may find yourself operating in the seed of false accusation. That produced the roots of pride
(‘I’m in the right’) and the fruit of self-righteousness. In all these cases, very often we simply try
to remove the fruit, to change our behaviour. Every time we cut down the fruit, though, it keeps
growing back. One day, we might realize that we need to deal with the roots, but even the roots
keep growing back. We have to deal first with the original seed of offence. As long as it remains
in place, attacking the fruit or the root will not have lasting success. Once the seed of offence is
dealt with, we can remove the fruit and the roots without them growing back. This works for our
own lives, and even for the roots of iniquity in our past generations. Rom 5:18-19 “Therefore, as
through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so
through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience
many will be made righteous.” That is us! That explains the word ‘remission.’ Forgotten, gone,
expunged, erased, over, done, obliterated! As a result, we have peace with God, not as a result of
our own actions but through the Blood of Jesus. We have righteousness before God. We have
holiness and confidence before God. We are free from blame, shame, and guilt. A bonus is we
can impart peace to other people because we live in it. What a mighty God is our Heavenly
Father!
Prayer.
Read Psa 141.2-3 Prov 18.20-21, Deut. 30.19, Prov 5.8,: Notice that when the word
comes, you receive it joyfully but the enemy will ensure that which is beginning to take
root is uprooted by your own utterances that counter the truth.
Ask Jehovah to send an angel to guard your tongue in this season so you will speak only
that which will help the word in your life to grow, and you will remain silent when it is
required of you. It means the season of whining and being “angry with Jehovah” and allowing yourself childish tantrums in the name of “being real” is over. You now know
that it is by your own mouth you will have success, or you will fail.