Getting justice

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³ And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

⁴ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵ 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!’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.⁷ 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? ⁸ 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: 1 – 8

I always find it surprising that sometimes Christians let the devil steal from them and they do nothing about it. We all know the devil is a liar, a thief and comes to destroy yet when troubles come, Christians all too often just accept that this is the way it is.

God tests our faith to strengthen it through trials and difficulties (James 1:2) and sometimes he lets the devil steal from us and lie to us, to teach us how to use our faith to overcome the devil and grow spiritually strong.  If we never had any difficulties or life was always easy, we would be very passive Christians. Jesus came to overthrow the works of the devil and he wants us to do the same in our lives.

Sometimes Christians face great injustice because of the work of the devil and in this story, Jesus explains how we can get justice by coming to God the great, just Judge.

If you imagine a court room with God as the Judge, you are the defendant, the devil is the accuser or prosecutor and Jesus is the defence counsel. We can come to this court in heaven and ask God for justice. God is righteous and therefore he has to listen to all the devil’s lies and innuendos but once they are heard, he will find in your favour if the devil has been lying and stealing from you.

A few years back we had a minor car accident which was not our fault but we could not get our £250 excess back from the insurance company.  It was ours, we were entitled to it but all letters and phone calls produced no result. I started praying in the court of heaven and coming to God the Judge and asking him for justice. We had been stolen from. I continued to pray and God showed me I need to start a formal complaint procedure. That unlocked the door and not only did we get our money back (two years late) but we got 20% added for the inconvenience (Numbers 5:7).

God is looking for faith on the earth this parable tells us and through persistent faith expressed through persevering prayer, we will get justice. In the natural if you give up on a court case before the end, you lose everything.  It is the same in the spiritual. We must persevere in faith filled prayers and God will give us justice.