And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (Genesis 39:20-21 ESV)
Justice
Because of sin, ours, others’, and Adam’s, life is not fair. That is more than a simple overstatement. We, and others, do not always get what we deserve. While justice seems to require order, often justice is coated instead with chaos.
But justice does not come from a court, a judge, or Joseph’s master.
Justice comes always, only, solely from THE Judge of the Universe, Christ Jesus.
He uses earthly national courts, earthly leaders, earthly circumstances. But justice, fairness, and ‘just desserts’ always, only, and solely come from Him.
Joseph was apparently treated unjustly and unfairly. But God knew what God was doing. And the result was the salvation of God’s people, from Joseph’s family down to the church today.
We will not find justice in any form, in fact, here and now. Imbalance, impropriety, bias, and ulterior motives (whether good or bad) will always creep in and taint our justice.
But Christ clears the deck with an act of amazingly unjust justice.
He takes all blame Christians deserve on His own back.
And now, we live under HIS honest, reliable, orderly justice. It is hard to see sometimes, like it was for Joseph, but we can trust our King’s justice to be just.
We can not find true Justice, but Jesus brings it.