Justice. When it comes to people who hurt others and seem to get away with it, I want justice served right away. Then when I see them manipulate truth for their own means and watch them glory in their success of evil doings, I want justice even more. I want them to fall. They deserve to fall. They deserve to be exposed for who they really are. No more hiding. No more deceit and manipulation to hide behind. No more self-proclaimed power to cover their sinful ways with. I don’t want justice so that I can see them suffer; rather I want justice so that they are made to stop hurting those they have the power to hurt. I want them exposed so that their soul has some hope of recovery through the work of redemption and repentance. But sometimes, their hearts are hardened and the hope of God turning them away from their evil patterns seems to fade. And so their evil continues. I have witnessed that first hand as many of us have. So, how do we deal with our human sense of what is just? Well..first, I think we have to acknowledge that we are not God and it is not our responsibility to ensure justice prevails. Second, I think we have to trust that God sees the picture better than we do and that He has a plan. Justice will be served. May not be in our timing and may not be within our view, but it will happen. God is a just God and He sees all things. Nothing in secret is hidden from Him. No matter how much someone tries to pretty it up, God sees the filth beneath the mask. Third, our job needs to be praying for that person. Praying that God has mercy on them. Praying that their hearts would be exposed and that they will repent so that they don’t have to face God’s justice. Praying for their salvation in some cases. Praying that we would see them through the same lens God sees them through. For we too have deserved justice in our lifetime and were in need of mercy. Justice can only truly come from God so leave it with Him.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 05:46:47 +0000
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