Friday, February 13 Will not God cause justice to be done for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, while he is patient toward them? I tell you, he will cause justice to be done to them speedily.​—Luke 18:7, 8.

[Helen Highwater]

Friday, February 13

Will not God cause justice to be done for his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, while he is patient toward them? I tell you, he will cause justice to be done to them speedily.—Luke 18:7, 8.

 

Jehovah cares deeply about the way we are treated. “Jehovah loves justice.” (Ps. 37:28) Jesus assures us that Jehovah will “cause justice to be done . . . speedily” when the time is right. And soon he will undo all the harm we have suffered and eliminate all forms of injustice. (Ps. 72:1, 2) While we await the time when righteousness will prevail, Jehovah helps us to cope with injustice. (2 Pet. 3:13) He teaches us how to avoid doing something unwise when we are treated unfairly. Through his Son, Jehovah provides us with the perfect example of the way we can deal with injustice. And he gives us practical counsel that we can apply when we are treated unjustly. w24.11 2-3 ¶3-4

[dljbsp]

What strikes me, when reading this, I see it is not just the promise of justice — it’s the tension inside it. We cry out day and night. He is patient. We feel the delay. He calls it speedily.
 

From where we stand, we feel injustice, and it is immediate. It interrupts our sleep. It replays conversations. But Jehovah is not reacting; He is governing. He sees the full arc of a matter — not just the moment that feels like it is killing us.
 

The verse says they cry out. That means He hears. It also says He is patient toward them. That means His delay is not neglect; it is purpose.
 

Sometimes I’ve wanted justice to come fast in a way that would settle my emotions. But Jesus ties justice to timing — and timing to Jehovah. That means that we have to trust. Not trust that everything will feel resolved today, but trust that nothing escapes His notice.
 

There is something steadying about knowing that righteousness is scheduled.
 

In the meantime, the crying out continues. Not in panic. Not in bitterness. Just prayer. Steady confidence that Jehovah will not allow injustice to have the final word.
 

That thought doesn’t remove the weight of the now. But it does anchor it.
 

And anchoring changes how you stand.

 

Edited 51 minutes ago by dljbsp