Today we had our fourth chapel on Justice Seeking. Proverbs 31:8-9 have been our focus for the last four weeks. We are called to see and act on things that are "not fair" in our world.
We've been singing this song this month: (Great Are You Lord -All Sons and Daughters)
Today we heard the parable of the persistent widow found in Luke 18:1-8. It is perhaps a lesser known parable:
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
New International Version (NIV)
Today we heard the parable of the persistent widow found in Luke 18:1-8. It is perhaps a lesser known parable:
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
New International Version (NIV)
The focus of the parable is for us to persist in our faith against all odds. This includes being persistent when seeking justice for all. We need to continue to work for justice in a world full of injustices. And while we can't fix every wrong in the world, we must never give up hope.
After our time of worship together, we divided into our GIFT (Growing in Faith Together) groups and discussed what we can ask God to help us with in seeking justice at school, as well as what we can pray for in relation to seeking justice in our world. We then wrote out thoughts on hands to display as a reminder for us as we continue to seek justice in God's world.
And finally, here is our Grade Two "orffestra" playing God of Great
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