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WONDERING with the psalmist, we add
our how longs, and God issues the answer: “It’s not about now, it’s never been
about now.”
Still, we struggle with how we’re
to reconcile what is from what has been. Certain injustices, particular
untruths propagated, and people seem not only to get away with it, but to
prosper. Even as they have harmed us or those we care about or love.
No, they don’t.
“They won’t, and they don’t” says God.
“They won’t, and they don’t” says God.
All must pay. All matters will be
reconciled. We’re empowered to make for reconciliation in this life. If we
don’t, a great disempowerment is underway. The living and the breathing is for
the purpose of loving. And yet we all fall far short. Thank God for the flower
of repentance; the fruit of which preserves us eternally pure. The grace of
humility is a light that shines eternally.
Matters left unresolved when we
want them resolved. People not brought to justice and they appear to go from
strength to strength.
No, they don’t.
“They won’t, and they don’t” says God.
“They won’t, and they don’t” says God.
It’s not about now, it’s never been
about now. Now is but a test. Now is the place where people get the choice how
they want to live, under heaven’s full view, where nothing is hidden and there
are no secrets. Christians acting unchristianly. Not long now. All will be
exposed in accord with the Judge’s perfect judgment.
We may require justice within a
short period of time. God works in the decades. What we wished would happen
next decade has become irrelevant. Then we find He has moved. It’s not about
now, it’s never been about now.
The fullness of time is in the
order of ten, thirty, fifty years, not today, nor tomorrow or next month.
We get stuck in the miry past, when
God’s working in a brighter future. To embrace what’s coming we must let go of
what’s been.
When we surrender our demands, and
accept God’s eternal plan, God’s eternal purpose becomes our daily sustenance.
We’re happy with this life’s injustice because eternal justice awaits.
We may watch things not change, and
we may get frustrated and remain confused, or we may place our trust in Him,
again, for the long term, because with that trust there is peace. And
vindication is certainly coming for the penitent of heart.
For God to do His bit we must do
ours.
The more we trust God’s eternal
purpose, the less we worry about vindication of earthly justice.
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