Day 9: Who are You Judging?

Reading: Psalms 7:1-9

God is the ultimate judge. In this Psalm, we read about David practically begging for judgement and justice if he has done anything wrong. When's the last time you saw someone do that? When we are full of guilt, the only way to relieve it is to confess it and even ask God for justice so you feel better for our wrong-doings. But it doesn't feel so good when others judge us. We also see how David trusts in God to make the right judgement on his enemies. Revenge is not our job. Judgement is God's job. We need to trust in Him to seek judgement on those who have wronged us.


Reading: Matthew 7:24-8:22

Jesus goes about healing all who believe and have faith. Never once does He stop and judge the sick by their past, their looks, their families, or even their smell. He simply heals them and teaches to them. How many times do we pass someone in need when we're out and about, but fail to help them because our minds cast judgement of who they are, how they look, how dirty they are, or false thoughts on what they'll do with the couple bucks you give them. Even if they spend your money on something they don't truly need, keep in mind that you still were a testimony to that person and displayed the love of God to them. Jesus didn't want the recognition or the fame. He simply came to serve and be a witness. Let Jesus be our example for reaching out to those in need without casting judgement.


Reading: Genesis 19:1-20:18

This passage is a huge example of the torrential wrath God can use to lay judgement down on a city. The ways of Sodom and Gomorrah are scarily close to many of the ways of our culture. Not only did the people of those cities commit sexual sin, but in Ezekiel we read that it also entailed pride, greed, arrogance, and unconcern for the poor. Yikes! We should never mess with testing God and pushing His limits. If anyone knows how to judge and lay down the wrath, it is God. Where do we fall as a society in the sins listed above? We as the church need to stand strong against what the rest of the world begins to deem as acceptable. This could include premarital sex, cohabitation, cheating, and we even read in Genesis about homosexuality. The oppression will be great, but we have God's endurance to stand strong. Just remember that He is the only true judge. We definitely have no reason to look at the speck of dust in our neighbor's eye, when we have a plank in our own. It's one thing to disagree and teach, but it a whole other to be a complete jerk.


Which of the above examples do you need to work on in your personal life? Following the example of Christ? Trusting God to handle our revenges? Or standing strong for the ways of The Lord as opposed to the ways of this world?