GOD DELIGHTS IN JUSTICE
 
In this life, there is little justice, it seems. Sometimes it looks like evil is winning, or bad people have their own way, but there is a Day coming when perfect justice will be dispensed. Solomon believed this as well. He said it looks like injustice and corruption have taken over, but he also believed that there would be time when God would judge everything:
Moreover, I notice that throughout the earth justice is giving way to crime, and even the police courts are corrupt. I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everything man does, both good and bad.” (Ecclesiastes 3:16-17, TLB)
 
Isaiah said that it displeased the Lord that He looked for justice and could not find it (59:15). One thing we need to know about the Lord is that He takes much pleasure in justice:
“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23-24, NIV)
 
There are levels of pleasure. The highest level is called delight. God does not just appreciate justice - He delights in it! He loves it when everything turns around for the good guys. This largely what book of Esther is all about. It illustrates how God works everything out so that the righteous come out on top. Be assured that His intention is to bring about total justice:
For the Lord is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with fairness. (Psalm 98:9, NIV)
 
No matter what someone has done to you, or to someone you love, God will deal with it. Don’t allow yourself to entertain thoughts of vengeance where you extract justice by your own hands. This will never satisfy you and will only give the enemy room to work in your own heart and mind.