BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU REACT TO INJUSTICE

We may feel deeply hurt and distressed by injustice. (Ecclesiastes 7:7) Faithful servants, such as Job and Habakkuk are natural, we need to be careful about how we react so that we do not do something foolish.

We could react to an injustice by improperly trying to take matters into our own hands. Responding in that way, however, could make matters worse. Consider the example of King David's son Absalom. He was outraged when his sister Tamar was raped by their half Amnon. According to the Mosaic Law, Amnon deserved to die for what he had done. (Leviticus 20:17) Although Absalom's anger was certainly understandable, he was not authorized to take matters into his own hands. -  2 SAMUEL 13:20-23, 28, 29.

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