UNIT 1: GOD REQUIRES JUSTICE
A Prayer for Justice | Bible Background • HABAKKUK 1: 1-4; 12-14
Devotional Reading • PSALM 73:11-3, 21-28
AIM FOR CHANGE
By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLAIN the justice of God in contrast to human injustice, ASPIRE to the establishment of justice and fairness for all, and CELEBRATE God as the source and model of justice.
IN FOCUS
Michael could hear the clock ticking on the wall. He waited in silence for the phone to ring. His foot kept tapping, he knew it was his nerves. When he stopped tapping his foot, he began to tap the pen on the table. Why haven’t they called already? He thought to himself.
For Michael, waiting any longer was too long. He just had an interview after months of getting no response from any of the companies he applied to. The bills were piling up, and he began to wake up at night wondering how he was going to care for his wife and kids. He wondered if God even cared about his family. There was nothing left for Michael to do. He felt like he could not go on any longer without an answer from God. Michael thought for a moment about their situation. He knew that God was in control of it all. He also knew that God deserved to be praised before he even got a job. So Michael sang softly at first, “Trust and obey for there’s no other way…” He felt his spirit raising with the song of praise and started shouting “Hallelujah!” and “Thank You, Jesus” as an act of faith in God’s care. While he was shouting and praising God, the phone rang.
Sometimes things look impossible or as if they will not work out. Trusting God is often difficult for people to do. What do you do to praise God for what He has done, is doing, and will do?
KEEP IN MIND “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?” (Habakkuk 1:13, KJV).