![]() Even in the Old Covenant, the Lord said, “ Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. Leave place for God to serve justice and it will be served…but probably not in our lifetimes. When we try to get revenge over being wronged, we are usurping or taking God’s place that He is supposed to take and I guarantee that it won’t go well. We must trust God for Paul writes, “ Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge I will repay,” says the Lord” (Romans 12:19). When my children were small, we encountered many circumstances when they said “It isn’t fair.” The Bible never declares that life is fair but God states that all things will be made right some day (Revelation 20). A Sense of JusticeĪdults also have a sense of justice just like children do. They believe that they are getting away with it because the punishment either doesn’t come in this life or they get away with it temporarily but surely justice will be served in due time. Solomon said as much when he wrote, “ When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong” (Ecclesiastes 8:11). It is frustrating for those who are striving to live godly lives and the wicked seem to go unpunished. What was true in Solomon’s day is still true today that sometimes “ the wicked rise to power” (Proverbs 28:12). ![]() He saw the injustice in the world but he ultimately knew all things would be made right some day. Solomon wrote much wisdom literature and he took notice that the wicked frequently went unpunished for their deeds and sometimes even prospered. The Bible never promises that it will be. I would have been better off probably not saying anything. This really irritated my son but it also did me but after I spoke to the coach about it, it seemed to make matters worse. When my son was playing baseball and the coach continually favored his own son, he played him over other boys who were equally talented or more so. That will make things considerably worse. We can’t do anything about it but when it’s within our power to make a wrong thing right, we shouldn’t hesitate to do so, but we can’t be for vigilante justice where we try to force things that are wrong to be made right when it is not within our power to do so. They are born with this sense and it is a trait of God Himself but we must understand that in the world in which we live, life is not going to be fair. We don’t have to teach them that some things are just not fair. Children have an inherent sense of justice that they were born with. ![]() I don’t know how many times I have heard people say, “ That’s not fair!” I have heard this from my children and my grandchildren too. Why does life seem so unfair? Good people have bad things happen to them and sometimes bad people have good things happen to them? Why are things so unfair, even for Christians? Life is Not Fair ![]()
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