God promises justice for His chosen ones. He does not promise the time-frame. In Luke 18:8, Jesus did not say that justice would come soon. The term “speedily” (Greek tachu) means “quickly” or “suddenly.” That is, when it does come—whether sooner or later—it will be a sudden and swift execution of justice (cf. Revelation 22:7, 12, 20; 1 Corinthians 15:52).
We are like children in our ideas of time. Small children think a long journey must surely be over in a matter of minutes. Soon after the start, a small voice asks, “Have we arrived yet?” In the spiritual realm, we are the infants. Childishly, we think that God must act on our request immediately, if not sooner. God can certainly do so. But remember that He is the Father. His hand is on the steering wheel. His idea of time is not like ours (Psalm 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8). He knows what best serves His plan and our good. He answers the request, just as He promised, and He does so in a way that serves His purpose in getting us to our ultimate destination.
Persist in Prayer!
Too often, in our impatience, we question God’s wisdom. If God has so much power, why doesn’t He use it? Why is the way blocked so often? Doesn’t God care? We begin to think that we have to struggle against God to get things done. How ironic! To think that we know better and care better, that we must pull God along to keep up with our ‘wisdom’ and our ‘goodness.’ How arrogant! How foolish! How disastrous, to grab the steering wheel from His hands! As long as we think of God as uncaring, inefficient and slow to help, our prayers cannot be fruitful—because we believe more in Satan’s lies than in God’s truth. Hold to the lesson of Luke 11, that God is more generous and more willing than the best friend or parent we know. Trusting in that truth, faithfully persist in prayer. For your part, help the answer to the Lord’s question be positive: “Yes! When the Son of Man comes, He will find faith on earth!”