If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me, what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One form us both within our mothers? — Job 31:13-15
I don’t know exactly why God gives some men power over others, but I do know this: He requires those in power to answer for how they use that power.
Certainly you don’t have to look far to find people who misuse the power they’ve been given. But most of these abuses are unknown to us. God graciously limits the amount of information we receive, because if we knew the whole truth about evil, it would be more than we could handle.
I was praying about this, and I felt that the Lord gave me an insight I didn’t notice before. I was sharing with the Lord how impatient I feel because sometimes it seems like such a slow painstaking process to see people delivered from the evil that has been perpetrated against them. I felt like the Lord said to me: "Time is on My side." In other words, the enemy is running out of time. He has a deadline and he is frantic. God, on the other hand, has eternity.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
Dwight Clough is the author of four Christian books and is an active member of Lake City Church in Madison. This devotional is also available via email and you may review the archives back to 2002. To contact Dwight or Kim, use their contact form. You may also support their ministry.