麗芳是一名烘焙助理，她的主管指控她偷了一些葡萄乾麵包，令她感到十分無助，無法為自己辯護。這種毫無根據的控訴，以及扣減工資當作賠償，只是她的主管許多不公平的行為中的兩項。麗芳每天禱告：「上帝啊，請幫助我。在這位上司手下工作實在太辛苦了，但我需要這份工作。」

耶穌講述有一位深感無助的寡婦，尋求公義為自己伸冤，懲辦那與她作對的人（路加福音18章3節）。她求助於有權解決她問題的法官，即使深知那位法官並不公正，卻依舊堅持不懈地去找他。

那位法官最終為寡婦伸冤了（4-5節），但他的態度與天父截然不同，天父會很快地以慈愛和幫助回應我們。若堅持不懈的態度能讓一個不公正的法官審理這寡婦的案件，那麼上帝這位公義的審判者豈不更樂意為你我成就更多的事嗎？（7-8節）我們可以相信上帝「會為晝夜呼籲祂的選民伸冤」（7節，新譯本），而堅持不懈地禱告是表明信靠上帝的一種方式，因我們相信，上帝會以完美的智慧回應我們的處境。

最終，在其他員工投訴這位主管行為失當之後，這位主管辭職了。讓我們順服上帝的旨意而行，堅持不懈地禱告，明白禱告的力量是在於那聆聽並幫助我們的上帝。

Mila, a baking assistant, felt too helpless to defend herself when her supervisor accused her of pilfering some raisin bread. The unfounded assertion and corresponding salary deduction were just two of many wrongful actions from her supervisor. “God, please help,” Mila prayed each day. “It’s so hard working under her, but I need this job.”

Jesus tells of a widow who also felt helpless and “sought justice against [her] adversary” (Luke 18:3). She turned to someone with the authority to resolve her case—a judge. Despite knowing that the judge was unjust, she persisted in approaching him.

The judge’s eventual response (vv. 4-5) is infinitely different from that of our heavenly Father, who quickly responds with love and help. If persistence could cause an unjust judge to take up a widow’s case, how much more can and will God, who is the just Judge, do for us (vv. 7-8)? We can trust Him “to bring about justice for his chosen ones” (v. 7) and being persistent in praying is one way of showing our trust. We persist because we have faith that God will respond in perfect wisdom to our situation.

Eventually, Mila’s supervisor resigned after other employees complained about her behavior. As we walk in obedience to God, let’s persist in praying, knowing the power of our prayers lies in the one who hears and helps us.