The situation with Simon Cowell and "jedward" on the X Factor has been a bit of a talking point this weekend to say the least! Loads of people are outraged and I think the reason why they feel that way is because they perceive injustice - the better singers should progress in the singing competition, which obviously didn't happen. Our natural instinct tends think that good things should happen to good people, success should go to the most talented, or the most commited or the hardest workers. That is the idea of karma - what goes around comes around.
The thing is, that's not how the world works, and we see it every day, in far more serious ways than the X Factor. Bad things happen to seemingly good people. Solomon recognised it in Ecclesiastes 7:15 when he wrote, "In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: a righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness."
We think we want justice, we think we want karma, but if we got it, we'd all be in trouble. We can't even live up to the standards we think other people should follow. We are selfish and make decisions based on what is best for us. We turn our backs on God and go our own way, only looking back occasionally to complain that He hasn't done something we wanted Him to. Fortunately for us, Jesus lived the perfect life and died in our place, taking the judgement we deserve on himself , so that we can be shown God's mercy.
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