And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
We live in a world filled with corruption, injustice, and selfishness. But still, sometimes persistence pays off: even the wicked, lazy, and arrogant will listen to you just to get you off their back. Now switch worlds: In God's world there is compassion, justice, and purity of heart. Here is judge is righteous and wants what is best for you. That means persistence will really pay off; God will answer sooner and better. So the question is not on the receiving end, on God's side, but on ours. What do we really believe about God? Is it a matter of His not hearing, not caring, or not being able? Or is it a matter of timing, of His seeing what we cannot see and knowing what we do not know? Keep asking, and don't lose heart.
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