Morning Devotionals

by Don Emmitte

 

April 8th, 2008

 

"Life Is Not Fair (Part 5)"

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 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. (Luke 18:1-8a NIV).

Today we come to our final truth: Justice will be done.  Mark it down. Write it in indelible ink. Justice will be done. As sure as there is a God, the innocent shall not suffer forever. Go with me to Prague, Czechoslovakia to those last days of the Soviet empire. In the Prague demonstration that sparked the Czech revolution on November 18, 1989, students began chanting to the communist party leadership, "You have lost already! You have lost already!" — though the ultimate victory was still in the future. "We know that we can win," said Karel Srp, leader of the demonstrations, "this is unstoppable." 

I believe he was right. There is something in this world that is unstoppable — it is the justice of God. Tell it to any who would oppress God's people. God's justice will prevail. Hold on to it like a piece of driftwood when you are about to sink from the raging flood of life's heartaches. God's justice will prevail. Teach your children when it appears that evil is in control. God's justice will prevail. Live your life and conduct your business with this guiding principle. God's justice will prevail. And when you think of letting go--and giving in--and going over to the other side--discipline your thoughts with this sure warning: God's justice will prevail. It will prevail.

There was a bit of poetic justice a few years ago in Berlin, Germany. The San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Chargers played an exhibition football game in Olympic Stadium there. But there was an interesting sidebar to this athletic event. Marty Glickman's seat for the game was in the same box that was built for Adolph Hitler to view the 1936 Olympics. Glickman, a broadcaster and one-time world-class sprinter, was not allowed to run on the American 400-meter relay team in 1936, primarily because of Hitler's hatred of Jews. But now Hitler is dead--the victim of his own hand and of the evil, insane policies that he pursued. Now Hitler's former viewing stand was Marty Glickman's viewing stand. "It was weird sitting there," Glickman said. "It made me remember marching in the stadium and looking up to the box and seeing him."

Hitler has gone the way that all tyrants will eventually go. Why? Because God's justice will prevail. One day all of God's people will live in freedom and justice and dignity under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. That is the promise of the Scriptures--both Old Testament and New. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" asked Abraham. "Will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night?" Jesus asked. These are both rhetorical questions. Both men already knew the answer. It may not happen as quickly as we might prefer but it will happen. God's justice will prevail.