How readily we look to earthly courts, expecting them to set right every wrong! Yet consider: in a house, in a market place, the master judges his servants; in the country, the husbandman and his wife are daily at law; in trades, the master judges the learner; everywhere are judicial proceedings. Is there then among men so great a regard for justice, and does God, whose ordinance even these things are, make no account of it? Where the right hand of God is full of righteousness, and His righteousness is as the mountains of God, there you will find no partiality, no forgotten cause, no delayed recompense. Therefore commit your matter to Him with thanksgiving, as you have already begun. For the praise you offer is not misplaced: it is right to bless the Lord who looks upon the lowly even before earthly lords take notice.
Yet remember what our Master taught. He commands us not to resist evil by insisting on strict retribution, but rather to consent to suffer wrong. Why? Lest we corrupt justice by self-love, demanding for ourselves what we would not willingly grant to another in the same plight. He mingles mercy with justice, teaching us even while we are wronged to show forth great consideration. So plead your cause not as an adversary grasping for advantage, but as though you were standing in the place of the other, that your heart may be free from bitter anxiety.
Do not think that your request requires clever words or a lengthy defense. The divine lessons come to us not in sounding sentences or magnificent diction, but in strength invincible and irresistible force of right doctrines. The Lord does not need to be persuaded by rhetoric; He knows your need before you speak. Observe how Philip and Andrew, when they faced a perplexity, did not act with authority or trust in their own reasoning. They referred the matter to their Master. Do likewise. Lay the whole matter before the Lord who judges righteously, and then rest. If He seems to delay, it is not from neglect. Often He lessens the outward greatness of His intervention so that His work may be more readily received by your soul and you may learn to walk by faith rather than by sight.
Offer your thanks continually, for the outcome is already secure in His hands. The God who is before all ages, the Creator and Master of all, will not forget justice. Only see to it that you yourself do not withhold mercy from others, lest you mar your own petition. Forgive as you have been forgiven, and stand in the light of His countenance. There, and not in the strife of human tribunals, is your true vindication.