Jeremiah 23:6 And this is his name: The Lord Is Our Righteousness… My first thought was, “Cool, a name of God.” My second thought was, “What’s righteousness?” My third thought was, “Thank goodness for dictionary.com!” So, I looked up what righteousness is, and it said, “The state of being righteous.” Uh, ok. Not very helpful there. I looked up righteous. To be righteous is to be upright and moral. Synonyms include good, honest, fair, and right. Better. I also looked up moral and found that it means knowing the distinction between right and wrong. That makes sense. God is upright, and He certainly knows the difference between right and wrong. He loves us, but He is also just. The Israelites at this time had sunk to horrible levels of wrongdoing, violating God’s law to a huge degree. God is promising that He will send a new ruler to Israel (once he’s scattered them and then gathered them again) – Jesus. The Lord In Our Righteousness. Interestingly, I just realized that the name is The Lord Is Righteousness. It says He’s Our Righteousness. Jesus is named for a quality that we will possess. He is our morality; He is our difference between right and wrong. He is our ability to be right and good and honest and fair. His life is a model for what ours should be. By looking at Him, we learn to be like Him and become righteous, too. He Is Our Righteousness. Cool! That brings a measure of hope into the picture. Although, truly, we will never be truly righteous until we get to heaven. But by His love, His grace, His sacrifice, we are made whole and new; and by His power we can be righteous. Yeah God!