Luke 18:1-8
English
Standard Version (ESV)
18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they
ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God
nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who
kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For
a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear
God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering
me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual
coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear
what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give
justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over
them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily.
Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
As I read this I had to think back on
those things that I have persistently prayed for and must admit it has not been
for my adversaries and that justice will be done. Often times we try to take care of that on
our own. We may speak ill of others to
our friends and families, maybe publicly or on social media. What we should be doing is praying to our
Father in Heaven for them and for ourselves that we may wait upon Him rather
than take action on our own. Now, that’s
easy to say but harder to put into practice.
My challenge is to remember to pray for those who persecute Christians,
that God’s justice will soon be revealed.
Praying for the strength of those being persecuted, asking for justice,
and waiting on the Lord, these are keys to a life filled with faith. If we continue in this way, the Son of Man
will find faith on earth rather than disaster when He returns.
Seek Him and know that He is Just.
Seeing Him with all my heart,
Sheila
English Standard Version (ESV)
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Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a
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