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I Don’t Need Justice; I Need Mercy
Yenny Kartika Official Writer
19912 Cor 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become
the righteousness of God in Him.
Bible Reading for a Year [bible]psalm150[/bible];
[bible]0john10[/bible]; [bible]ichro11-12[/bible]
By all accounts, General Robert E. Lee was a model soldier. He was a West
Point graduate, and never once received a demerit throughout his time there. So
they called him the “marble man,” so straight and precise that he was nearly
flawless.
One day, a private in the Confederate Army was summoned before the
General because of an infraction. He stood there, so frightened and shaken he
was visibly trembling before General Lee. So Robert broke the silence, “Son,
you don’t have to be afraid. You’ll only get justice here.”
That young soldier looked up at the General and said, “Sir, that’s just
why I’m shaking. I know what I did was wrong. I don’t need justice… I need
mercy!”
When we stand before God on the Day of Judgment, our lives will be laid
bare. But for those of us who are in Christ, we’ll humbly stand before God and
say, “We need mercy.” And while God will deal out justice to many, for us,
we’ll bask in the wonderful gift of His mercy.
We have received Christ as our Lord and Savior. He will stand next to us
to be our Advocate so we can gain the mercy. Through Christ’s sacrifice on the
cross, we, who suppose to die, will get mercy to receive the eternal life.
God’s love and justice meet at the cross, when His only son was tortured and died for our sins, so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.
