Justice

Justice

This week we commemorate one of the greatest champions of civil rights in our nation’s history, (the Rev.) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who famously wrote that “an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Maybe you’ve wondered if the Bible speaks to the issues of justice and injustice. The good news is that it does in great detail. In fact, Jesus Himself addressed this very subject in His parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge, in which He connects prayer to swift justice. My encouragement is to read this parable in Luke chapter 18 as it reveals an important truth—that prayer is a powerful means to God’s perfect justice in our world today. Now that’s something to pray about!