公义必要来临

“只因这寡妇烦扰我,我就给她伸冤吧。免得她常来缠磨我。” - 路 8:5

  耶稣这个比喻是要强调祂的门徒——包括你和我——应该“常常祷告,不可灰心”。 为同一件事一遍又一遍地祷告很容易让人感到厌倦,相反,当我们看到祷告马上蒙应允会倍感兴奋。但事情并非总是如此。

  这个故事中的寡妇已经习惯了被忽略。可她来见法官的次数呢?一次,一次,又一次!那个法官非常厌烦她,但感觉到她不会放弃,她的诉求每次都是一样的:“求你给我伸冤。”法官的职责是执行公正的法律,纠正错误。她知道她被冤枉了,她也知道公义会来临,因此她一直坚持,直到法官最终帮助了她。

  门徒开始抓住耶稣故事的重点,这就是:公义的神总会垂听他们对公义的呼求。但他们不是总能看到公义和祷告一起发生。他们只能看到神的沉默,以及神很缓慢地纠正世上的错误。耶稣教导他们不住祷告这强有力的一课,透过这一课我们也看见,即使看来是不公义和沉默的境况下,神的国还是在渐渐呈现。

  你是否也在学习这一功课呢?

祷告

亲爱的耶稣,我们就像门徒们一样需要学习忍耐和持续祷告。求帮助我们看见祢作工的手并满怀感恩。奉耶稣的名祷告,阿们。

 

路加福音 18:1-8

1 耶稣设一个比喻,是要人常常祷告,不可灰心。
2 说:“某城里有一个官,不惧怕神,也不尊重世人。
3 那城里有个寡妇,常到他那里,说:‘我有一个对头,求你给我申冤。’
4 他多日不准,后来心里说:‘我虽不惧怕神,也不尊重世人,
5 只因这寡妇烦扰我,我就给她申冤吧,免得她常来缠磨我。’”
6 主说:“你们听这不义之官所说的话。
7 神的选民昼夜呼吁他,他纵然为他们忍了多时,岂不终久给他们申冤吗?
8 我告诉你们:要快快地给他们申冤了。然而,人子来的时候,遇得见世上有信德吗?”

Knowing That Justice Will Come

“Because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!” - Luke 18:5

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Jesus told this parable to emphasize that his followers—including us—should “always pray and not give up.” It’s easy to get tired of praying for the same thing over and over again. It’s much more exciting when we see immediate results to our prayers. But things don’t always work that way.

The widow in this story had grown accustomed to being ignored. How often did she keep coming to see the judge? Again and again and again! The judge got very tired of her and realized she would not quit. The plea was always the same: “Grant me justice against my adversary.” The job of the judge was to enforce the laws of justice and make things right. She knew she had been wronged, and she knew justice would come, so she persisted till the judge finally helped.

The disciples began to catch the point of Jesus’ story. God, who is just, would always listen to their pleas for justice. But they didn’t always see justice and prayer working together. They could only see God’s silence and his slowness in making things right in the world. Jesus taught them a powerful lesson about persistent prayer, by which we learn to see God’s kingdom emerging even in the shadows of injustice and silence.

Are you learning this lesson too?

Prayer

Dear Jesus, like the disciples, we need to learn patience and persistence in prayer. Help us to see your hand at work and be grateful. Amen.

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