Perfect Justice 完全公义
Dexu Xia
All [God’s] ways are just. Deuteronomy 32:4
In 1983, three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old. According to news reports, the younger teen was “shot . . . because of his [athletic] jacket.” Sentenced to life in prison, the three spent thirty-six years behind bars before evidence surfaced that revealed their innocence. Another man had committed the crime. Before the judge released them as free men, he issued an apology.
No matter how hard we try (and no matter how much good is done by our officials), human justice is often flawed. We never have all the information. Sometimes dishonest people manipulate the facts. Sometimes we’re just wrong. And often, evils may take years to be righted, if they ever are in our lifetime. Thankfully, unlike fickle humans, God wields perfect justice. “His works are perfect,” says Moses, “and all his ways are just” (Deuteronomy 32:4). God sees things as they truly are. In time, after we’ve done our worst, God will bring about final, ultimate justice. Though uncertain of the timing, we have confidence because we serve a “faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he” (v. 4).
We may be dogged by uncertainty regarding what’s right or wrong. We may fear that the injustices done to us or those we love will never be made right. But we can trust the God of justice to one day—either in this life or the next—enact justice for us.
Where have you seen justice abused or misrepresented? Where does your heart cry out for God to bring justice?
God, I see injustice all around me: in the news, in my relationships, on social media. Thank You for the hope I can have in You and Your just ways.
祂所行的无不公平。—申命记32章4节
在1983年，有3名青少年因谋杀一名14岁少年而被逮捕。根据新闻报导，这名少年是因他的运动外套而遭射杀。这3名青少年被判终身监禁，在监狱待了36年，直到有证据证明他们无罪，凶手另有其人。法官在判他们无罪释放之前，向他们公开致歉。
无论我们多么努力，执法人员如何尽职，人的公义总有缺失。我们永远无法掌握所有讯息，有时不诚实的人会操弄事实，有时我们会判断错误。若在有生之年冤屈得以平反，恐怕也是多年后了。但感恩的是，上帝不像人如此易变，祂完全正直公义。摩西说：“祂的作为完全，祂所行的无不公平”（申命记32章4节）。上帝看到事物的真相。即使在我们尽力之后仍然失败，但总有一天，上帝会带来最后的终极公义。虽然不确定是在什么时候，但我们知道必会实现，因我们服事的是“诚实无伪的上帝，又公义，又正直”（4节）。
我们可能会因不确定对错而感到困惑，也可能担心我们或至亲好友受到的冤屈，将永远无法获得平反。但我们可以信靠那位公义的上帝，无论是在今生或来世，总有一天祂将会为我们伸张正义。
你在何事上看到公义遭到滥用或曲解？
你会为着什么事呼求上帝施行公义呢？
上帝啊，不管是在新闻里、在我的人际关系
或社交媒体中，我都常看到许多不公义的事。
感谢祢让我仍有盼望，因为祢是行事公义的主。