Luke 18:1-8

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.  He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.  There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’  For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,  yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”  And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!  Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?  I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Today we have a story of a judge who is "unjust". The end of this parable finds the corrupt judge granting justice to a widow who simply would not stop bothering him. She does not find justice in her situation because the judge's heart turns around, but because of her persistence. The question on the table is: Do you believe that God will give you justice? This passage promises that God gives justice to "his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night", and that he will do it quickly. Are you willing to believe that today and live in a way that reflects that you trust God completely with justice? When we are hurt or wronged, and wish to seek retribution - we either take matters into our own hands, or we release matters into God's. Let Him take the lead on justice, and allow Him to work forgiveness in your heart.