Psalms 98:9
He
will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity.
I have always thought life is unfair.
I have been faithful to my wife for 18
years, yet, here is an actor who has a number of mistresses and children out of
marriage. But he is by far, richer than
me with all those big houses, money and cars.
I have been working for 15 years now, and I can say been generally
honest in my dealings with my company and suppliers. Yet, here is a politician known to have
amassed great fortune from graft and corruption, but he is still free, rich and
well-loved.
As a child, I would complain because my
mother would always ask me to run errands, and point to my brother saying,
“It’s supposed to be his turn!”
So many cases and situations in life, I
shout “NOT FAIR!” Until I realize that
isn’t this the same thinking that Cain has?
He thought that God always favor Abel, and out of envy, he allowed sin
to enter and killed his brother.
From this, we shall realize further the
basic truth. We are not the true judge
of what is fair and what is unfair, because our concept of fairness is tainted
by envy and selfishness – it centers on ourselves and what we believe ought to
be. But God has His plans and
purposes. And believe you me, those are
fair and for the goodness of all.
The Father is a just and faithful God. He always look at our hearts, for He is the
only One who can really judge the hearts of men. We may perceive others to be worthy of His
wrath or even hell, but He is the only one who knows what should be done.
Life may never really look fair to us, but His
grace is much bigger than we have sometimes allowed ourselves to believe.
Let us pray +
Lord
God, Your work is perfect,
Your ways are justice, You are God of truth and without iniquity. And in all of these, we only trust in You. Amen +
The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.
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