God's Mountain

Your righteousness is like the (mighty mountains) or (mountains of God); Your justice (or judments) like the great deep. Psalm 36:6

Let's face it, God is pretty righteous. The best picture He gives us on earth is, say, Mt. Everest. Big, climbing past altitude levels where most of us can breathe, and then some. It's cold and solitary at the top (ever seen the pictures of people who get to the top - there's not a village or a city up there.) His righteousness is just like that - lofty, grande, and singular. No one else is righteous like God. No one really comes close. His righteousness stands true and faithful like the mighty mountains. God, in other words, never chooses to take a short cut, the easy way, or "sin" against His nature. He is true, through and through. He is righteous, through and through. And He has personality. The mighty mountain of God can show pleasure and displeasure. When Jesus was baptized, the righteous God said 'you are my son, with you I am well pleased.' Pretty exciting! Imagine Everest bowing down and asking to take you for a climb! The pleasure of God is just that - righteousness abounding in joy that is rooted in, you guessed it, righteousness!

God is also just. Righteousness and justice can be a pretty deadly combination. The ultimate standard of right and wrong (there is such a thing) and true justice applied by the standard. God also makes the right decision every time. Like the ocean depths, the justice of God can seem unfathomable - God, why did my baby die (true question asked)? What's just about that? I'm neither Everest nor the Pacific. I don't know fully the heights of righteousness and the depths of justice. But I do know that God's love is infinite, so there is no reason to doubt His judgments and justice and righteousness. Rather, I desire to know Him and His righteousness and justice. God's righteousness protects the weak and humble. God's justice serves the broken and lost. Better than Everest, better than the Pacific, the best picture of righteousness and justice is Jesus.