We live in a world where people are constantly demonstrating for justice on some issue. They see themselves as the arbitrators of right and wrong and demand action to remedy the situation.

Now I recall a childhood game we used to play using an old set of kitchen scales… those ones that had a set of weights. We would play shop and pretend we were selling something… it was fun trying to get the scales to balance.

Believe it or not, God has a set of scales for checking conduct. Daniel Chapter 5 tells the story about Belshazzar King of Babylon holding a banquet. He was using golden goblets taken from the temple of God for drinking the wine and praising their material gods. But then something very mysterious happened… a hand suddenly appeared and fingers started writing a message on the wall. The prophet Daniel said the message meant that the King was weighed in God’s scales and found wanting. The King soon died and his reign was over.

As we get involved in demanding justice for others, we overlook the fact that God sees our lives too! God’s scales of justice find us all guilty as we fail to measure up.

God is a God of justice, and for this reason He has a way of legally balancing the scales on our behalf. The life Jesus gave compensates for our sin; it restores balance for eternity.

The wonderful truth is that God justifies us because he was legally just when he caused his Son to bear the full punishment for our sin. God now justifies us as we have faith in Jesus.

Ref. John 3:16, Romans 3:23-26. NIV.