Life Is Not Fair!

How many times have you heard the expression, “life isn’t fair!”? Sometimes you may even agree with that yourself. We often wonder why bad things happen to good people, and vice versa.

The truth is, we are the ones that are not fair!

God said, “Is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair (Ezekiel 18:25&29)?”

God is not happy when we turn from His way.

In fact, He clearly says that He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Those that are righteous will live; those that are wicked shall die. If one is righteous then turns wicked, he will die; but if a wicked person turns righteous he will live.

Therefore, God said “Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit… For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies. Therefore turn and live (Ezekiel 18:28-29)!”

Our way is not fair, but God’s way is!

He commands us to “turn and live,” or to repent! Peter reminds us: “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).” Even Jesus said, “…Unless you repent you will likewise perish (Luke 13:3,5).”

Let us turn from our way to God’s way! That is the fair thing to do!