“It’s Not Fair!”
When you hear a child use the phrase "its not fair," you know what comes next. It's like it is hardwired into us. You may want to say it now. Let's do it altogether. 1….2....3: "Life's not fair!" (That helps a little, doesn’t it?)
We want children to know from an early age that things won't always work out like we hope them to workout. Things won't be as we think they should. Failure, disappointment, frustration, and injustice are the realities of life. Whether it is being misunderstood in a tense conversation or being passed over for a promotion by someone less qualified or getting a report that your illness is the "C' word, we know the things in life don't seem fair.
Some respond in outward protest to make their voice heard. Some respond in loud cynicism. Some respond with in quiet, hopeless, resignation that is just watching the clock (or TV) until the unfairness of life passes by.
No, its not fair. But, what if what seems so "normal" is actually not normal at all? What if every sickness, every broken relationship, every injustice done from person to person, every corrupted or broken heart is abnormal?
We get a glimpse of this with Jesus among the crowds who came to him. With his strong, but gentle touch a disease that a woman suffered from dissipates as if it had never affected her body. With merely his (authoritative) presence, the powers of darkness tormenting a person flee in fear.
Jesus enters into the unfair world we crafted and is creating all things back into his "normal"- an overwhelming world of goodness. That is hard to imagine. Too good to be true, maybe. But, could that be real…one person’s heart at a time?
Revelation 21:5: And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”