Justice
3 June 2008 Jeff Gill
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? —Luke 18:7-8, TNIV
What justice can I cry out for? What injustice do I see?
The insurance company that didn’t pay out for my claim?
The guy who jumped the queue at the petrol station?
The fact that Jesus hasn’t bought me an iPhone yet?
The greatest injustice that I can see in the world is a judgement that is not being enforced – God’s judgement that every person can experience his life because of Jesus’s death and resurrection.
It is unjust that I have a relationship with God, but my neighbours do not. It is unjust if I have found freedom from a life controlling problem through Christ and my friends have not. It is unjust if I am facing life enfolded in God’s grace while the people around me are living a lonely struggle. Anywhere that I am experiencing the life of God and someone else isn’t is deeply offensive to God and should be to me.
Let us cry out to God day and night that God would bring about this justice for us. Jesus says we will get justice, and quickly.
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