This past week I was treated unjustly by some local bureaucrat, and it cost me quite a bit of money. But my Lord is in control here; He can bring the justice that is so lacking in this world. You, Lord, are the One who loves righteousness and justice, and our lives are full of your unfailing love.

To you be honor and glory for what you will do in my life, for, I know it will be good, just as you are good. The outcome may be hard, for you allow suffering for high and wise reasons. At the same time, you will also give more than enough grace to move through the experience with power and wisdom and joy. AndiIn the end of this bureaucratic incident, God showed His unfailing love, using the unjust demand  it to protect me from making a big and much more expensive mistake.

You are the True God, the only Wise One, the Source of all Good. We can and will praise you now for what you will do before seeing any conclusion to this situation. As it says in Psalm 33:10, “The Lord foils the plans of the nations, He thwarts the purposes of the people. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever and the purposes of His heart through all generations."

Prayer: “Lord God, King of the universe, help me to trust in you today, to praise you in all that comes, pleasant or not, desired or feared, for you have great plans which will always include difficulties designed to make us grow. May you be glorified in my responses to today’s difficulties. Amen.”

When thing look bleak, God is there at work.