We have all said it, "That's not fair!" Three very simple little words that sum up our experience of what we perceive as injustice. Somebody always has to add the second part of the statement, "Whoever said life was going to be fair?"
I was thinking about this last night. I have probably said "Its not fair" or "That's not fair!" thousands of times in my life. But who hasn't? Then two things struck me: 1. The life of Job and 2. John 16:33.
Job was a righteous man that had everything taken from him. His friends told him to curse God and die. His life was not fair. Job argued with God. He simply wanted answers because conventional wisdom said that his suffering was just punishment for his sins. But he knew he was innocent. He wanted to talk to God face to face rather than accept what people said he knew to be untrue. Although God did not pronounce him exactly innocent, Job was transformed by the encounter. Perhaps everything I deem as unfair is God providing an experience that will transform me.
John 16:33- "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart I have overcome the world." Fair or unfair, Jesus has overcome all that we go through on this ball of dirt. I hope that the next time that I feel like complaining about something being unfair, I take a step back and rest in the Truth- take heart!
I don't believe we want God to be fair.
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