Have you ever at school or at work stood back and watched as what appears to be an injustice performed and wondered about what God’s response is? As you watch the corporate wheels become impersonal and see dedicated employees fired with no real explanation or you watch while money becomes the all driving force; you wonder where does God stand? Still we must remember that God is Sovereign and is still in control. We must never put our trust in man, our trust is in the Lord and His promises. He always has the best plan for His Children and that plan is for our good, no matter what the circumstances are that surround us.
Jeremiah 17:
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
We must always remember these four facts.
Fact #1: God is Sovereign and nothing enters the life of a Believer but that God has ordained it by His Sovereign Will or that God has allowed it and hates the sin perpetrated against the believer; yet, is able to take that sin and turn it for good for all who believe in Him while still enacting judgement against those who have broken His commands by performing the act of evil.
Fact #2: God has promised to provide blessing to all those who trust and hope in Him.
Fact #3: It may appear that evil prospers for a time, but in the end; those who obtain riches wrongly from their selfish and covetous means will lose it.
Fact #4: We must have a forgiving heart and leave all vengeance to God alone.
Romans 12: 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.