Can we be angry and humble at the same time? Can justice be found without anger? Where is the love we all long for? Can forgiveness be complete?
Today, our eyes witness evil. That is an absolute we can agree on.
“Justice,” is the people’s cry in the streets. This is a two way street that is an absolute .
Love is planted deep in the heart of every human. Family is a place to often see it grow.
Forgiveness is an absolute necessity and a great need.
“Where in the world do evil, justice, love and forgiveness converge at one point in history?” Ravi Zacharias concluded his talk at a United Nations Prayer Breakfast.
We know evil exists. We seek justice. We’re hungry for love. Forgiveness is needed. “Can I take you to a hill on Calvary and show you the person of Jesus Christ.”
Ravi, who has recently gone home to be with the Lord after a short but painful battle with a rare bone cancer stated, “Deep in my heart, I believe there are no other answers apart from the person of Jesus Christ.”
He shows us evil, taken on himself. He was the just and justifier who loved us so greatly that He prayed, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”
What’s truth? Where’s God in all this suffering and pain?
Ravi Zacharias shared thoughts by James Stewart of Scotland:
“It is a glorious phrase of the New Testament, that ‘he led captivity captive.’
The very triumphs of His foes, it means, he used for their defeat.
He compelled their dark achievements to subserve his end, not theirs.
They nailed him to the tree, not knowing that by that very act they were bringing the world to his feet.
They gave him a cross, not guessing that he would make it a throne.
They flung him outside the gates to die, not knowing that in that very moment they were lifting up all the gates of the universe, to let the King of Glory come in.
They thought to root out his doctrines, not understanding that they were implanting imperishably in the hearts of men the very name they intended to destroy.
They thought they had defeated God with His back the wall, pinned and helpless and defeated: they did not know that it was God Himself who had tracked them down.
He did not conquer in spite of the dark mystery of evil. He conquered through it.”(James Stewart, October 17, 2012).
We seek peace in the midst of evil. We pray for justice. We desperately need love and forgiveness . . .
There are many questions.
Jesus Christ laid down His life us. He paid our debt in full on the cross at Calvary. He rose from the dead. And He lives today. Does He live in our heart, today?
The final answer? The Gospel:
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever believes in him, should not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16.
