Keep Praying, Do not give up

Once upon a time, there was a city. In the city, there was a judge. This judge was a bad judge. He was not afraid of God and man. In his eyes, it was only money. He only help those who can give him money, and he bullied those who are poor or good. In the bible, we called him unjust judge.

In the same city, there was a widow. She was very poor and alone. She was bullied by somebody and nobody she can turn to. Her suffering was so great that she has no choice but to come to this unjust judge to ask for justice.

Widow said, "Oh judge, please help me and grant me justice!". Judge said, "You, poor widow, you have nothing to pay me, go away, don't disturb me again."

But the widow didn't just went away. She kept coming back to the judge and ask for justice.

The judge was so trouble because the widow kept disturbing him. He couldn't sleep well, he couldn't eat well. When he close his eyes, he saw the widow pleading at him. He was going to be out of him mind.

Judge: "What should I do, what shold I do, somebody tell me. Help her? Shoud I? She can't pay me. But she kept coming back.... Alright, I will give her justice."

So the judge finally grant the widow her justice.

This story was told my Yeshua. Let's see what he said.
Luke 18: 1-8
1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'
4"For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "
6And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

The lesson that we learn here is "Keep on praying, do not give up." Sometime, after we pray, we didn't see the answer. Don't be discourage, and give up from praying to God. God has his perfect timing to answer our prayer. He has his perfect way to deliver the answer to us eventhough that might not be the way that we espect. Sometime, we ask for the thing that is not good for us. God know what is good for us and He will give us the best.