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Trusting God’s Justice in the Face of Persecution
Call to Prayer
Topic: Trusting God’s Justice in the Face of Persecution
By: Daniel Peter
Date: 23.12.2024
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
(1 Peter 2:23-24, NIV)
One of the means God has ordained for the maturing of His children and the perfection of their character is through trials (James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5). Therefore, to make progress in the faith, we must be willing to submit to the process. Different forms of trials exist, one of which is persecution as a result of a wrong perception of your character (who you are as a person).
God allows these kinds of trials to kill the flesh because the concern of how we will be perceived by people can hinder us from being obedient to God. For example, Jonah disobeyed God by joining the ship heading to Tarshish instead of Nineveh because he didn’t want to be perceived as a false prophet; he knew God may relent in the evil He sent him to prophesy (Jonah 1:1-3, 4:2). So, it may be God’s will for us to be perceived wrongly for a while, so we will learn to be unperturbed by the opinions of men.
There’s a great man of God who was falsely accused by different ladies of committing adultery with them. When he addressed the issue, he said that the very thing that he had been guarding against by ensuring he lived according to the word of God was what he was being faced with. Though he didn’t sin, he was seen as an adulterer, and he faced persecution, even from the body of Christ, because of it. Joseph was one who also endured something similar; his master’s wife accused him of trying to sleep with her, and for many years he was seen as a fornicator and a wicked person. He suffered in prison because of this (Genesis 39:1-20). This kind of trial can come in different forms.
The way to handle situations like this was demonstrated by Jesus Christ, who was said to have “done everything well” (Mark 7:37), yet He was killed because He was perceived by the Jews as a liar, despite being the Truth (John 14:6). He was called demon-possessed (Matthew 9:34, Mark 3:22), despite setting people free from demons. The way Jesus Christ responded to these wrong perceptions of His character was that He entrusted all judgment to God, for the scripture says: “When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly” (1 Peter 2:23-24, NIV).
Apostle Paul was one who followed the footsteps of Jesus when he was perceived wrongly by those he was leading, for he said, “I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me” (1 Corinthians 4:3-4, NIV).
Like Jesus Christ, as well as Apostle Paul, we should learn not to defend ourselves when people see us differently from who we truly are, but we should entrust all judgment to God. People who live like this are those God sees as spiritual.
Prayer Point:
Let’s thank God for His word today. Let’s ask Him to help every believer not to be bothered about people’s opinions of them, but to entrust all judgment to Him.
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