"God is not unjust..."

Continuing to Read Hebrews 6:7-12
"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them."

The encouragement continues, against the background of a solemn warning, and procedes to address a potential point of discouragement. There are some brief phrases that pop into our minds from time to time as we travel along this path of producing a useful harvest. Phrases such as "its not fair," "its not worth it," "I'm just wasting my time," "I'm not appreciated," "it doesn't make any difference anyway," sneak up on us and club us over the head. These are the points in our Christian life when we find ourselves standing there feeling rather stunned. Its a short leap from these rather general statements to the more specific: "God isn't fair." If it helps me to acknowledge the presence of these thoughts at points in my life, I can remember Jeremiah (accusing God of being a deceptive stream, sometimes there's water and sometimes its just dry), or Jonah (accusing God of loving the wrong people and of giving him a bummer of an assignment), etc.

Just so that there isn't any confusion about this the writer of this letter takes the time to say: "God is not unjust." God takes note of all the things you have done for Him as you have served your family, friends, and enemies. Others may take you for granted, fail to thank you, remember only the bad and forget all the good. But "God will not forget your work and ... love ...". Everything we do for one another in this world is taken as "love shown to God." The same God who forgets our sins is the God who never forgets our love. Keep on working at the harvest. God is watching with loving attention.