FAIR

There is no verse for the day because this word is NOT found in God's word. I looked in the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and found only references to the word “fair” in the sense of lovely and beautiful, not in the sense that we like to use it. The dictionary defines fair as reasonable, unbiased, done according to the “rules.” Okay, then, whose rules?

I get so impatient with my young children when they use this word in the following sentence, "He gets to stay up later that me. That’s not fair!" I wonder if God gets equally impatient when I use that word in like manner. "That's not fair, God. Why should believers suffer with illness and poverty? So and So gets to go on a cruise and have nice things and we’re struggling just to pay our bills." Same immature tone, different perspective.

Instead of "fair" God uses words such as justice and holiness. He alone is perfectly Just and perfectly Holy. We don't have to worry that He's doing something unfair on our behalf. My children may not understand the value of getting to bed at a reasonable hour or being disciplined for disobedience, but they have no choice but to trust my best judgement. Sometimes I am unfair because of my own personal issues such as lack of sleep, anxiety, stress, and the all important bad hair day. I can assure you that we don't have to ever worry about catching God in a bad mood. He does nothing out of selfish motives or with evil intent. He can't because he is perfectly Holy.

It is fair to say that life is unfair, people are unfair, and circumstances are unfair. But not God. He is perfect love all the time. Do our circumstances seem unfair, and can we doubt what God has in store? Certainly. Tell Him so. Tell Him that you don't understand what's going on, and as far as you know you are not involved in sin or disobedience. Then tell Him that you will trust in Him completely anyway. Then step aside and wait to be blessed. God's number one objective for our lives is relationship – not comfort or fun or riches, although He uses those things to bless us.

Once He sees we love him enough to trust His will and His plans, even when they look unfair, then He can trust us with Himself. I want to give my children rewards and gifts but I absolutely cannot when they are in disobedience or walk around all day in a disrespectful attitude. How can God bless us and increase us and show us more of Himself when we too walk around with a chip on our shoulder or rebellion in our hearts? This world will never be "fair" because it is full of imperfect fallen human beings. Surrender to the only Perfect One who is fair in every sense of the word.