Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with a heart of trust:

“Is he to keep on emptying his net…?”
(Habakkuk 1:17)

It’s not that I don’t grasp the concept of “free will,” Jesus.

Although in the final analysis, Your will prevails

You’ve given us freedom of choice:

We can choose wisely…or foolishly

Sometimes we choose badly
and experience the consequences.

So far, so good.

But where I struggle

is when people choose badly
and suffer no consequences!

It’s not that I want You to punish them just so they’ll feel pain.
I don’t particularly want them to suffer.

I just want them to stop!

Why don’t You stop them, LORD!

especially when what they’re doing
is harming so many others!

Have You no pity, LORD?

Forgive me.
That’s not fair.

Your heart of compassion

makes mine look like a heart of stone.

I need to trust You.

When You don’t stop an evil person

There’s a very, very good reason.

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Judges 6:13-14; Judges 21:2-3; 2 Kings 18:9-12; 2 Kings 24:18-20; Psalms 44:15-26; Jeremiah 13:22; John 9:1-3; John 18:31-32; Hebrews 10:37; James 5:7-9; 2 Peter 3:3-9

What is Lazaroo?

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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.