Justice Will Always Be Served

Right about now, you are thinking that this title has it all wrong. You have some painful experiences with a broken justice system. Consequently, you know that there is no way that justice will always be served. Perhaps you had a court case that handed down a less-than-adequate judgment. As you lick your wounds and contemplate the uselessness of our justice system, the next case blows you away.

A man murders a young man in cold blood and goes scot-free. Worse, he turns around to sue the bereaved family for damages. After you get over your shock that there is a lawyer who takes such a case, you shake your head. You need no further evidence that the law is an ass, as prosecutors are wont to intone. Particularly after they lose your case.

Next, you recall the countless cases where the color of the convict’s skin determines the severity of the sentence. Or cases where with the right skin tone receives a suspended sentence. You have no choice but to conclude that there is no way that justice will always be served.

Add to that the fact that activists have been trying for decades to reform the justice system. At best, their efforts are like a yo-yo, making no real headway. Consequently, you know for a fact that there is no way that justice will always be served. But wait, there is hope.

With The Big Picture, Justice Will Always Be Served

I remember a third-world nation where the leader had raped the treasury through its food supply imports. The courts claimed that actually, he had had nothing to do with the looting. His minions shielded him from it. He could therefore claim that he had no clue about the atrocity.

In other words, the buck did not stop at his table. But even as the nationals were reeling at the sheer injustice of the judgment, there was a car accident. The man lost four children in that one instant. Nobody came right out and pointed to it as the arbitration of God. However, the citizens were mollified that justice had been served.

And then, there was the professional who went into politics. No sooner did he get there than he started to corrupt himself. Within a short time, he had a second wife. He did not need his former colleagues to let him in on the secret. God had given him a second wife as punishment for his stealing. The wife represented a bag with holes into which he could pour his ill-gotten wealth.

The examples are endless, resulting in each of us being a victim of injustice at one point or another. We can, therefore, relate to the frustration of a broken system. That is, unless you have learned how to take your eyes off of the personal picture. Given an innate desire to make ourselves the primary focus of life, this can take a bit of doing.

You Need To Reflect On God’s Justice

Nevertheless, it is not impossible, once you appreciate that problem. You seek help from outside yourself. With Divine help, you are able to get over the “why me?” mentality when some undesirable event happens to you. You can start to move into the “why not me?” mindset. And that represents the beginning of an ability to view the big picture. You begin to see that justice will always be served, sooner or later.

Naturally, we always want it sooner and fail to realize that the later version of justice might be bigger and better. Take Pharaoh for instance. The people of God wanted to go into the desert for three days. But their oppressor was having none of that. Imagine how disappointed the people must have been when Pharaoh failed to accede to their request.

Little did they know that that denial of justice held the kernel of their eventual and permanent freedom from slavery. If only they could have seen the big picture the way God saw it, their fretting would have ceased. They would have known that God was totally on track to ensure that justice will always be served. Of course, after their deliverance, they enjoyed the magnitude and permanence of God’s justice.

They were totally free and affliction had no chance of arising a second time. And why? God had safely entombed their erstwhile oppressors in the Red Sea forever. It was only then that they appreciated what must have initially appeared as injustice. Upon reflection, they realized that God’s justice was bigger and better, even if it was delayed.

The People Of God Know That Justice Will Always Be Served

In the same way, once you develop this perspective of God, you realize that justice will always be served. Always. And that is regardless of how great or corrupt your nation’s court system is. That is because the final judgment is not with your justice system. With the Israelites, hindsight allows you to perceive that a higher power is ultimately in charge of universal justice.  This judge is not only just, He always does right. In His hands, you can be sure of justice. 

There is a couple of verses in Psalm 17 which boggles the mind unless you know the justice of God. In one of the verses, David seemed not to mind a bit that God gives material blessings to the wicked man. He also did not mind that the evil man has children who outlive him. Finally, the psalmist seemed okay with this man leaving all these material blessings to his children

As you are wondering what sort of man expresses satisfaction with such injustice, he finally comes around to himself. “As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.” Like his Master, David committed himself to Him who judges righteously because he knew that justice will always be served.

The Apostle Paul was no stranger to injustices – once he gave his life to Jesus. You could say he was familiar with injustices all his life. Before he committed his life to Christ, he meted injustice to others. But when he became a believer, it was time for injustices to be meted out to him. And yet, he rapidly developed the Divine perspective of seeing the big picture.

Do We Know God As The Final Judge?

He knew without a shadow of a doubt, that justice will always be served. His words leave us in no doubt that he believed in a just God. “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

This is a question we need to ask ourselves at least once a day. How do you and I consider the sufferings and injustices of the present time? Do they weigh us down?  Are we unable to see the bigger hand behind the scenes? A hand that will bring us far greater glory in place of the indignities of the present.

If we cannot give a straight answer to these questions, the world’s justice system will always leave us downcast. However, when we know that God is the ultimate judge, we walk with our heads up. We must learn from the apostle Paul. Better still, learn directly from Jesus, unless you find that a tad too intimidating. God is the final judge of all believers and He will ensure that justice will always be served. You are in great hands.

Maranatha!