No shame

The LORD is righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails, but the unjust knows no shame.  - Zephaniah 3v5

This little verse draws as sharp a contrast between a good and holy God and wicked and sinful man as possible.

The Lord is righteous in the midst of His people. He will never do anything unrighteous. He brings His justice to light every morning. He never fails.

What a beautiful picture of who God is and how He acts toward His people.

On the other hand we have the unjust who know no shame.

There can be no doubt that we live in a shameless world. Turn on the television, log on to the internet, open a magazine, or read a newspaper and that fact is obvious.

We can expect that, after all the Bible says here that ‘the unjust knows no shame.’

It is tragic however when God’s children carry on like they have no shame. It is a shame when laugh at the same off colour jokes, look at the same programmes that promote wickedness, surf the same questionable websites, and give that knowing wink to those innuendos.

‘No shame’ is the common state for the unjust, but it should never describe God’s children.