Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" (Lk 18:1-8)
Jesus came into the world to usher in the kingdom of God. He went about preaching and doing the deeds of the kingdom. Besides this he also corrected the wrong image the people had of God. He picked up different aspects of God and through parables and stories corrected them and gave them the right image of God. Here, he corrected the image of God as a judge. People believed that God was a judge and would perform justice to all the people, particularly to the people of Israel.
The judge in the story has no respect for God and he doesn’t care whether he does the right thing for people or not. The main point of the story is: if even a rotten judge could be persuaded to the right thing by persuasion, the how much more God would do for his own people; God who is justice personified.
The story is about the Christians who are living a life of suffering, holiness and service. The enemies attack them and the Christians would want God to act on their behalf. And God will surely act and show that they are truly his people. God will vindicate them. His people should wait in patience and in prayer (relationship with him).
