Theme of the story god see's the truth but waits?

The moral lesson? One does not gain anything by seeking revenge. The more one gives in to the thought of revenge, the more it consumes him. And if that goes uncheck, it can mean the death of whatever spark of nobility lies in the human person. The world, for all its cynicism, does recognize that spark when it is given a chance to break through the dark and negative elements that seem to always stifle and put it out. We have proof of that spark in the great men and women, sung and unsung, who graced this side of existence. Aksionov is as ordinary as any of us. He has every reason to avenge what seems on the outside the loss of his life. But he fights it off. Aksionov takes, what Robert Frost refers to as, "the road less travelled by". And that is where Tolstoy's title of the story comes in. God sees the truth- Aksionov is not the killer but God must wait for Aksionov to make, on his own, the right choice, the right move. And that makes all the difference- the very reason for Tolstoy's story's universal appeal. -Jesse A. Enciso