Reflections on Justiceনমুনা

A crowd of us sat in close quarters outside the intensive care unit. On the other side of the hospital waiting room, my mother was under critical care.

Perhaps the common concern we had for our loved ones battling for their lives made conversation amongst us strangers easy. The lady seated next to me recounted stories of growing up in a large family with seven siblings. Out of all of them, only she and her older sister – who was undergoing care in the adjoining room – remained alive. Despite all the deaths she had witnessed and the grief she had endured, she did not for once think of God as being unfair. Her family had experienced so many deaths, but she believed that the Lord was fair and just. In the same manner, death visited smaller families as well.

We often question God’s fairness and justice when we encounter situations that are outside our control or do not favour our circumstances. But the Lord is just and rules with fairness, always. Only when we say ‘Amen’ to this truth can we see divine justice in operation, even in our worst moments. Through that lady's waiting-room testimony, I witnessed the palpable calmness that only the Holy Spirit could deliver in such a situation.

Challenge: Are there any situations over which you need to let go of control? Remember that the Lord is just always, and you should surrender your concerns and anxieties to him.

Prayer: Father, though I may question your fairness and justice when I look at the world around me, remind me that your ways are always higher than mine. Help me to see life through your eyes. May you lead me in all I do to be just and fair as befitting my inheritance in you.