The Persistant Widow and the Judge

The Holy One calls to me this morning in the hours just before dawn. Like the metaphor that says, it is always the darkest just before dawn, I can attest to that as one who rises early to find the Lord's shalom and counsel.

 

The hardest wrestles for me, come in the night and the darkness. But just before dawn the Lord speaks of the new day about to break forth and bring His light even before the sun rises to reveal His will. I hear Him whisper into the silence as I await His wisdom for me today.

 

"When the Son of Man returns will He find faith on the earth?"

 

I know that question well. It has come to me in previous battles when I was about to get a break-through victory. It comes out of a parable Jesus spoke to His disciples in order to impress them that they must always keep on praying and not lose heart. 

 

Luke 18:1-8. In a paraphrase of that parable: There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected other people. There was also a widow in this same town who kept coming to him asking for justice.

 

The judge said to himself, "I don't fear God nor respect other people but because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see to it that she gets justice".

 

The Lord went on to speak about the Heavenly Judge. "Won't God grant justice to His chosen people who cry out to Him day and night?" 

 

Then Jesus said, "I tell you, He will judge in their favor and quickly, but when the Son of Man comes will He find this trust on the earth at all?" CJB

 

This question is one all Believers need to ask ourselves: After we get the justice that we are crying out so desperately for the Lord to bring us personally, will we go back to our lives in status quo, shrinking back into our sleepy apathy or lethargy unwilling to fight for the justice of our Heavenly Father's cause and will? 

Judges 6:23:   

 

Will our thankful appreciation for a mighty deliverance inspire a renewed loyalty to our Kingdom and our King? 

 

We live in "the land of the free" yet there are many issues that we see as injustice and that we might bring before a judge of men here on earth.  Our sense of righteousness is challenged by evil.  

 

As we continue to cry out for justice, we must also plead that the apathy that brought us here will be corrected through revival and that restored loyalty to the God of our nation will come along with the victory.

 

The Holy Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?