Life Isn't Fair

January 5

Life isn’t fair. Good people can be falsely accused. Hard work can go unrewarded. Faithful love can be unrequited. Well-conceived plans can go awry. No man is assured when he embarks upon the journey of his life that it will be smooth sailing.

Often, the unfortunate eventualities of life converge upon us when we have miscalculated our course, when we have made a decision that went terribly wrong. But sometimes circumstances overtake us through no fault of our own. At these times we feel the sting of injustice upon our lives.

Jesus was a primary example of this kind of experience. I Peter 2:22, 23 tells us, “He did not commit sin and no deceit was found in His mouth…He committed Himself to the One who judges justly.” Jesus was betrayed by a false friend, condemned by a bloodthirsty mob and sent to His death by a judge who knew He was innocent.

But His trust was in none of them. Despite the lies and vitriolic hatred—the sin—that sent Him to the cross He maintained His absolute confidence anchored in His Father’s righteousness. Jesus knew that the ultimate day of judgment is never in the court of public opinion or in the declaration of human judges. His confidence in the face of human betrayal (as ours must be) was in the Just Judge of Heaven.