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title = "Luke 18:1–8"
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date = "2023-01-11"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk18.1-8)
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Having just mentioned the end of the age, Jesus turns to the subject of
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persistent prayer. This might seem unrelated, but we are to pray for Jesus's
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return all the time and trust that it will happen, even when it seems that evil
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men triumph in the world. To illustrate His point, He tells the story of a
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widow who asks for justice from a judge who doesn't care about what God wants
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or how he should treat other people. At first, he refuses to grant her justice,
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but eventually he relents.
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Because even an unrighteous judge does eventually do the right thing because a
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widow continues to bother him about it, then we can expect that God, who is
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perfectly just and righteous, will do right by those He has chosen. Because He
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is perfect, He will grant justice in His timing, not when we think we should
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get it. But even when He delays, we should keep asking for it in the
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expectation that He will give it to us. Evil may abound in the world, but
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justice and wrath are coming and will wipe it all away forever.
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The last question Jesus poses in this section is meant to be meditative, rather
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than something we should try to answer in general. When He comes back, if He
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came today, would He find faith in _your_ heart? Have you been seeking to speed
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His return? (See 2 Peter 3:11–12.) Have you been persistent and tenacious in
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studying His Word and following His commands, knowing for certain He will come
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back one day?
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* * *
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Put faith in our hearts that endures to the end.
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