True and Faultless Religion/Fighting for the Cause

The Bible students here at YWAM San Diego/Baja are working chronologically through the Bible. Right now they are in Isaiah. I thought I would read Isaiah too, of course they read it in a week, I think it will take me a little bit longer than that. However there is something that stuck out to me right away, orphans and widows. 

God really drives this topic home. He chastises the Israelites over and over again about their rebellion and wicked ways. And nearly every time when he says what they must do to repent, he says something along the lines of, "learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widows cause." (Is. 1:17) This is something incredibly close to God's heart. 

Something that grieves the heart of God is not caring about the widow's cause, not bringing justice to the orphans. God lists among the thieves, robbers, adulterers, and idolaters, people who do not care about the widows and orphans. Yikes this is deep stuff! This is important!

I am not saying sell your belongs and move to Ethiopia to start and orphanage (although if you do, I will visit you in a heartbeat.) But I am saying, are you being sensitive to the Holy Spirit and what you CAN do? 

Here in Mexico, we are all daily slapped in the face with the reality of the human condition, its very prevalent here. The reality is there are lonely, neglected children, abused wives, hungry widows, sick men, dying babies. No one understands this more than our God. So let's trust in him to lead us to these people! 

God has placed me in the lives of many of these kids, mothers, fathers, women, and men. My heart breaks for them, and their justice, their cause has become my cause. My desire is for them to experience the intense love and saving grace of their Heavenly Father and through that they can have everlasting hope. What will your cause be?