Is God Unfair at Times?

Do you ever get mad at God? You would be shocked at certain commenters on our website from time to time who express in no uncertain terms how angry they are at God. A question commonly asked when undergoing difficulties is, “why God?” The implied thinking is that when hardship comes, it originates with God who could have prevented it. Is this the character of the God we serve? In the last few years before Judah went into Babylonian captivity, this objection was widespread among the people of Jerusalem. Ezekiel prophesying from captivity in Babylon addresses this notion of God’s alleged unfairness:

Ezekiel 18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Notice what the verse says. The people questioning God are guilty of the very injustice they contend God is responsible for. Always remember this – to the degree we level blame, we establish our own guilt. God’s ways are not unequal. God is not an unjust God, and He is not the originator of hardships he is so often accused of. The writer of Hebrews puts it this way:

[Heb 6:10 KJV] 10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Do you ever wonder if God has forgotten you? Are you ever tempted to believe that your efforts and commitment are not being justly recompensed by His hand? Be encouraged. God is not unrighteous. God is not unfair. If it appears to be, so it is only because we are not looking at things through His eyes. God is just. God is loving. You are not forgotten.

I remember being angry at God years ago because He required me to resign from pastoring a church I dearly loved. I was invited to pastor a church in another county, and I tore up the invitation and threw it in the gutter. At that moment, the anointing lifted from my life, and I ministered for one year without unction from the Holy Ghost or any sense of His presence. Then after a year passed, the invitation came again. I responded and took the pulpit of the same church I had rejected in anger.

We saw a great revival in that church. There were only 18 people there when I came, and the congregation grew to almost 350 people. I served there for 11 years and witnessed incredible miracles and a tremendous outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God was fair. He was just – I was merely immature and childish in demanding my way. Are you struggling? Better days are ahead. Unclench your fist and bow your head. Let God move in your situation. You won’t be disappointed.