Was recently reading through Scripture and saw something that got a hold of me. In Isaiah 63.5 God is speaking and says:
I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed.

This verse blows me away. God sees oppression going on in the world and He is shocked that no one is doing something about it. This means one of 2 things: people weren’t seeing the injustice (lack of awareness) or they simply saw it but did nothing about it (lack of courage, passion or sense of justice). Someone is weak and being taken advantage of and it infuriates God and He’s AMAZED that it doesn’t provoke other people to action. Don’t know about you, but that is not how I want to amaze God – well intentioned but sleep walking when it comes to justice.

So my questions are these:
What injustice am I blowing off that totally amazes God: hunger, homelessness, human trafficking, sexual slavery, racism, education deprivation,  office politics, something less subtle and closer to home?

Where are the weak, broken, the oppressed or those with no voice for whom I need to stand?

Am I unaware? Do I just not care? Am I overwhelmed with how to get started? Or is it just not convenient enough for me to get involved? Am I counting the cost?

Is God amazed at my paralysis?