Attributes of God - God is Just

To be just is to be fair.  Because He is just, God will never act any way that is unfair.  Everything that God does, has done or will do is completely correct and appropriate by any truly objective standard.  Where there has been undeserved suffering, there will certainly, in due time be a be a reward.  Where there has been undeserved blessing, there will certainly in due time be appropriate consequences.  By His very nature, God cannot act in a way that is not just toward us, humans, the most intelligent, most capable (of both good and bad) beings in creation.

This is potentially terrible news.  If God is completely just, then we are in trouble.  We have all acted in ways that are inappropriate and we all deserve punishment.  So long as we are imperfect, we cannot exist in the presence of a perfect God.  Thankfully, God has another attribute, His mercy.  Because He is just, there must be consequences attached to our actions that because He is merciful, He chose to take the consequences on Himself in the person of Jesus.

God is both just and merciful.  May we always strive to be the same in our dealings with those in our sphere of influence.