Is God Fair?

Okay, so I'm slow today. Came home sick from the office yesterday, and recovering at home today. Hopefully this bug I have will go away soon. I have so much yet to do this weekend! Anyway, to todays devotional thought...

Why is it that people like to accuse God as being unfair? If things go right its to their credit, but if things go wrong, it must be God's fault. Life is unfair, God isn't. Circumstances, consequences are unfair sometimes. God never is.

My neice, Julie, is 38, has two small children, a happy marriage and is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. She is smart, energetic, compassionate and faithful. And she is dying.

I wish there was some way to explain it, to make sense of it, to make the circumstances different, but God hasn't allowed for such understanding. The cancer that is eating away at her life will not relent and soon the battle she has been waging for some time will be over. Is it fair? NO! Is it God's fault? No. Has God been present for Julie and her family? Absolutely!

God has a very different view of what's fair and just. God doesn't rely on our systems, but has God's own, God's economy of justice. What's fair to us may not be fair to God. God sees in much clearer ways than we ever will. Our version of fair usually has our best interests at heart. God's version of fair takes care of God's and our bests interests.

God is fair and just;
He corrects the misdirected,
Sends them in the right direction.
He gives the rejects his hand,
And leads them step-by-step.
(Psalm 25:8-9, The Message)

Although I wish I could make circumstances different for Julie. I have to hold out that God has a plan for this. That what God has promised, "that all things work out for good, for those who love the Lord." (Romans 8:28, my paraphrase) will hold true. I have to believe that.

We may not understand everything that happens in life. But we can reach out for the hand of God to lead us every step of the way.

That's God's promise!

Peace ><>
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