The environment in which Men lives is, and will always be, in His image. God creates space and entrusts its rational management to Men so that the name of Him who granted Him this grace may be glorified through the benefits that will result from good management of the things of the city.
It is on the supervision of the One who gave Him authority over the space in which He lives that Men established a social contract stipulating that one of his own be at the head of each institution created for the good of all. Those who have power are therefore free to exercise it as they wish according to the prerogatives that the social contract gives them, without however losing sight of the fact that they have a duty to respond to the multiple concerns of the group that has elected them, and from which They comes.
We must therefore not ask God to account when things go wrong. It is to the stewards of God elected and appointed by Men through “democratic means” that we must first demand accountability. Men cannot hold God accountable without holding Himself accountable. A thief cannot ask God to put an end to injustices without first recognizing his share of responsibility in the preponderance of injustices in society, and without having himself made the firm resolution to no longer belong to such a system. To accept such a prayer is to condone injustices. God gives authority to Men and confronts Him with His responsibilities. Before He granted us this grace we could complain to Him directly. “But now” that He “has given us the king whom” we ourselves have “chosen”, if we obey Him without “revolting against his orders”, if we ourselves and the king who reigns over us follow Yahweh our God, everything will be fine. But if we do not obey Yahweh, if we rebel against his orders, the hand of Yahweh will be heavy on us and on our king.
Also read : What didn't I give you ? God's answer to the question of an individual who clains to have received nothing from Him.
Before complaining before God, we must first ask ourselves what we ourselves have done wrong, and not blame others for our evils. If the leader we have established at our head is responsible for our ills, we also have our share of responsibility. The freedom that God grants to Men requires Him to always demonstrate responsibility by taking responsibility for each of His actions. He who accepts God in his life is one of his envoys in space and time. “How can you say to your brother: [let me take out this speck that is in your eye, when you do not see the beam that is in yours]”. There is so much injustice in the world because people are hypocrites, from the supreme authorities down to the smallest citizens. There is so much injustice in the world because God's children do not want to behave like forgiven sinners; that is to say, saved by the mercy of God and called to work in His name in the world, while being aware on a daily basis that they themselves are not perfect and that they will always need this same mercy on a daily basis to better respond to this call of God in the world.
He who realizes that things are going wrong in the world should begin by asking forgiveness for his own sins, and act within his means so that injustices do not prosper. This also implies trusting in the justice of Men because His authority comes from God. And since the authority of those we have elected comes from God, we have the duty to accompany their management with our suggestions and criticisms for the good of all. If those who lead us must account for their management, so must we. If they are to be humiliated in certain circumstances, we also deserve the same fate. Each Men or each component of the whole has a share of responsibility in the smooth running of things in the city. True justice begins with the determination of each individual to break with the injustices of everyday life. It is first and foremost a question of firm personal resolution before becoming a collective responsibility.
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