Dregs

"At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity," Psalm 75:2.

God, God alone, appoints the Day of Accounting. And he will judge fairly. When the earth itself, with all its peoples stumbles, God steadies it - no shaking of the continents will preempt God's set time. He braces the earth until he's ready. He speaks to braggarts, to boasters: Don't. Don't think your clever awards preclude God's timing. God's accounting will give awards and demerits, lifting up and putting down, as he alone discerns with equity. Earth's wicked will drink the cup of God's justice to the last drop of the dregs. Just like Jesus did: condemned, shamed, crucified, mocked, displayed for ridicule. But Jesus drank it for us. So that on that Day, God's equity will grace those who trust him with a pass.

We visit humbly with a brother or sister today, grateful for equity, grateful for Jesus' amazing love for God. And, together, we bow in utter thanksgiving to God who lifts us up like he raised up Jesus. Sky kingdom.