Justice, Equality, And Fairness….

With all these movements of fighting for equality, people tend to step on others in order to get their way. Sometimes it gets nasty. Why don’t these people with causes just ask God for what they want? Isn’t He just? Isn’t He fair? Doesn’t He promise to take care of our needs? Maybe the reason these people have to fight for their requests for equality is because they don’t ask God first? Maybe they don’t ask God because they already know the cause they are fighting for goes against His character. The only way we will ever be equal is under Christ’s yoke, at the foot of the cross. Anywhere else, you’ll find yourself fighting for your cause; most of the time it will be in vain. Here in Numbers chapter 27, we find 5 daughters of a deceased Israelite man requesting they be given land their father was in line for. God grants them their request. Why? Because God is fair and just. They asked, He granted. It’s how it works. Justice, equality, and fairness are all part of God’s economy. It’s Who He is.

1 One day a petition was presented by the daughters of Zelophehad–Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father, Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph. 2 These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and the entire community at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 3 “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said. “He was not among Korah’s followers, who rebelled against the Lord; he died because of his own sin. But he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan just because he had no sons? Give us property along with the rest of our relatives.”5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord. 6 And the Lord replied to Moses, 7 “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father’s relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.8 “And give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If a man dies and has no son, then give his inheritance to his daughters. 9 And if he has no daughter either, transfer his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This is a legal requirement for the people of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.” Numbers 27:1-11