International Justice Misison is awesome. Jesus is really awesome.
IJM is awesome because they (we?!) love justice. Guess why? Because the Lord loves it. Isaiah 61:8 literally says “I, the Lord, love justice.” But more than that, the whole bible paints this amazing picture of how much He loves justice, how much he hates injustice, how we should deal with injustice while on earth, and how He deals with injustice!
If you don’t have time to go read the whole Bible to get the full picture right now, Gary Haugen explains it this way:
“Fundamentally, justice has to do with the exercise of power. To say that God is a God of justice is to say that he cares about the right exercise of power or authority. God is the ultimate power and authority in the universe, so justice occurs when power and authority are exercised in conformity with his standards. In fact, in the Old Testament the Hebrew words for justice and righteousness are almost interchangeable, both indicating a conformity to God’s standards of holiness or moral excellence. Ultimately, the sovereign God of the universe will establish justice over all peoples and spirits because at that time all power and authority in the cosmos will be exercised in accordance with his standards of moral purity. So justice occurs on earth when power and authority between people is exercised in conformity with God’s standards of moral excellence. There is always a distribution of power among people in every human society: political, social, economic, moral, religious, cultural, familial, coercive, financial, intellectual, and so on. To say that God is a God of justice is one way of saying that he is concerned about whether those who have power or authority over others are exercising it in accordance with his standards.“
There is a lot of injustice in the world. And the Lord hates it. And He’s invited us to join Him in pushing back darkness and fighting it!
One way to do that (literally so shameless! But I really mean it! And I don’t get anything if you do this.) is to become a Freedom Partner. All you have to do is give $24 a month! And so much great stuff happens (just click the link to get more details)! You would be massively contributing to IJM’s work, and we’ll keep you updated about all the great stuff that the Lord is doing with your money.
Oh, and here’s the best part. IF YOU BECOME A FREEDOM PARTNER IN SEPTEMBER, SOMEONE IS GOING TO MATCH YOUR DONATION! Your donation is literally doubled. But you’re still paying the same amount. Isn’t that awesome?!
$24 a month is $6 a week. That’s one cup of overpriced specialty coffee or two cups of cheap coffee that you could make better at your house anyway a week!! And then women and children can be rescued out of sex slavery, bonded laborers can be freed, orphans and widows can be protected, rights can be restored to the oppressed citizen, and the illegally detained prisoners can be set free.
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven down to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.” -2 Corinthians 4:7-10.
