Every once in a while, I can cook a pretty good meal. But if you go to a restaurant with a professional world-class chef... how much more consistent will the food there be? How much better will it be? Any person who cooks regularly will get it right every now and again... but a trained chef is in a different league.
Jesus is telling this parable as a lesson for us -- broken and sinful people every once in a while get something right. In this story, the judge doesn't fear God or respect man, but he eventually grants this widow's request.
How much more, Jesus is telling us, will God look to serve us? If a broken and sinful man can get it right, then God is so much greater than that. Jesus is telling us this so that we won't lose heart. He wants us to persevere. Jesus knows that waiting can cause us to lose heart, so he encourages us to be patient, to persist, and to keep praying.
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