This week we are looking at the popular and “not in the Bible” phrase of… “you get what you deserve”.
The idea that you should get what you deserve is pretty popular… probably because it makes a lot of sense.
It seems fair.
It seems normal.
Think about it…
Life is full of transactions. We go to work and get paid. We hand over some of that pay to get our favorite coffee, lunch, or to be entertained. A farmer plants and gets a harvest. A child disobeys and gets a time out (or worse). A student works hard (or doesn’t) and gets a fair grade.
It’s no wonder we easily come to believe that we all get what we deserve.
But there are just too many holes in this thinking.
Haven’t you wondered why did a hungry infant deserve to be born into a food-insecure region of the world?
Does a 24-year-old deserve to get cancer and ultimately lose that battle?
Does someone deserve complications from surgery making recovery much longer and more difficult?
Does someone deserve to become sick baffling doctors and medical experts?
How do we make sense of this tension?
On one hand, we like to think the world has rules and if you live the “right” way then life has a working out in our favor…
BUT
We all know when life didn’t work out that way.
Where do we find peace and comfort when life challenges the way we think?
Send me the scriptures that offer you peace and comfort when life is unfair.
I have a couple…
Let’s talk about it on Sunday.
~ Pastor Dustin
