Social Justice by Katie Clouse

During the 8th century, the prophets emphasized many things in their teachings, one of which was social justice. They zoned in on the fact that the wealthy and powerful took from the poor and needy. This shows us how God feels towards this injustice. He wants us to learn from this story and not make those mistakes ourselves. God wants us to help each other instead of take from each other. He wants the more fortunate to not use their power to gain more for themselves but instead use it to help those less fortunate around them. Those who follow God today need to understand that lesson. We are all here to help those in need. God wants to make sure that we do our best to take the time to help one another. 
The implication from the prophets' emphasis on social justice shows that God really cares about equality. We were all made by Him. No human being is more special than the next. This is true in God's eyes and should be that way for us as well. None of us should feel superior to those around us. We are equal in God's eyes.
These stories imply that we do not just worship God with our words or praise, but also through our actions. There are many ways to worship God and one of them is through our treatment of others. Our actions say a lot about our character and they say a lot to God as well. We should honor Him with the way we act. We should do our best to make him proud of our actions. 
If a prophet appeared in America today, they would probably be appalled at our social justice. I think they would retell their old messages to us today since those same lessons still apply. We have people who have more money than they know what to do with, while others are starving to death. Where is the justice in that? I imagine that a prophet would have quite a but to say to us.
I think an individual can practice the prophets' lessons about social injustice in many ways. All one has to do to "practice what the prophets preach" is to help those around them. This can be in big or small ways, but no matter what it is, if it's helping, it's practicing. We should always be looking for ways to help those in need.