Considering Justice

As I consider how I can live justly several scriptures come to mind. Psalms 31:8-9 says "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. NLT" Again in Isaiah 1:17 we are instructed to " Learn to do good, seek justice.  Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. NLT" As followers of Christ we are commanded to be concerned for those who are suffering unjustly. We are also asked to get personally involved. Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount found in the book of Matthew, chapter 5 says that we who call ourselves His followers need to walk our talk by taking care of those who have been unjustly treated or fallen into hard circumstances and that by not caring we are declaring that we are not really His followers.

 ³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. ³⁶ I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
 ³⁷ “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? ³⁹ When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
 ⁴⁰ “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
 ⁴¹ “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. ⁴² For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. ⁴³ I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
 ⁴⁴ “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
 ⁴⁵ “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’ NLT
Is it that as Christians in America is we pride ourselves on giving to the cause of the moment such as Haitian earthquake victims or a family we know effected by a fire but we are numb to the suffering that goes on around us in the world on a moment by moment basis? In the last 100 years what we can know about the world, what marketplaces we have available to us and how we can interact with our world has expanded so rapidly that we can not easily handle the overload of information and the level of processing we may need to do to live justly. Many of us just decide not to consider the issue or we value our own comfort over truth and the changes that would need to be made to our lifestyles if we really wholeheartedly decided to live as justly as possible.