Rivers of Renewal: Our Collective Hope and Vision | Jeremiah Lepasana | Implication #4: Rivers of Justice, Amos 5.24

This past Sunday, we continued our Rivers of Renewal sermon series by focusing on God’s heart for Social Justice. We saw that we can make two key mistakes in regard to justice:We could deny that it is important. We could think it is important, but still not allow this conviction to change how we live—for example, how we spend our time or money. From Amos 5, we saw three things: 1) what God wants, 2) why we struggle to do it, 3) how we do it. We saw in Amos 5 that God wants oceans of justice and rivers of fairness. We struggle, however, to press into what God wants because it can be easy for us to experience the world as incredibly insecure. Yet, could it be that this is by design? We were made to acknowledge our deep needs so that we can learn a healthy dependence on God. Last, the end of the book of Amos, in chapter 9, points to a promise that someday there would be one who would bring about a restoration that would include superabundant wine. We turned to John 2, to see that Jesus is the wine-bringer. We are able to do justice, once we realize that there is one we can rely on to meet all our needs and so much more. And because our greatest needs are met, we can be for others.