Prayer based on Jeremiah 22

Lord God, we should use whatever power that we have to do justice and to care for the weak in accord with Your Word. One King of the Jews who has done this perfectly. We have a Savior who has seen us in our great need and who has accomplished both justice and mercy through His death for us. The justice that we owed, He paid. The mercy that we longed for, He has granted. This Jesus is so different than other men of power. He looked upon our poverty and helped us. He had no oppression or violence in Him. Though He endured the unjust hatred of those who should have been His subjects, by His death He has redeemed many. We now hear His voice in every word of the Scriptures, for all of the Law and the prophets testify of Him. Even wicked kings who are cursed by You speak a Word of Christ, for our King shines in holiness by contrast with evil rulers. He has become the source of fruitful blessing, though He was an object of Your wrath for our sake, taking upon Himself the curse that we deserved.