As one who has refused to judge others, but rather has chosen to pray, I have taken a LOT of criticism from others who like to believe that it is OUR business to correct other believers! (Guess what? Correction of believers is the job of JESUS, by His Spirit! No, we do not qualify!!!) Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers addresses this very thing!
The Undeviating Test
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. — Matthew 7:2
This statement is not a haphazard guess, it is an eternal
law of God. Whatever judgment you give, it is measured to you again. There is a
difference between retaliation and retribution. Jesus says that the basis of
life is retribution — “with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again.” If you have been shrewd in finding out the defects in others, remember
that will be exactly the measure given to you. Life serves back in the coin you
pay. This law works from God’s throne downwards (cf. Psalm 18:25-26).
Romans 2 applies it in a still more definite way, and says
that the one who criticises another is guilty of the very same thing. God looks
not only at the act, He looks at the possibility. We do not believe the
statements of the Bible to begin with. For instance, do we believe this
statement, that the things we criticise in others we are guilty of ourselves?
The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they
are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a saint is humility —
“Yes, all those things and other evils would have been manifested in me but for
the grace of God, therefore I have no right to judge.”
Jesus says — “Judge not, that ye be not judged”; if you do
judge, it will be measured to you exactly as you have judged. Who of us would
dare to stand before God and say — “My God, judge me as I have judged my fellow
men?” We have judged our fellow men as sinners; if God should judge us like
that we would be in hell. God judges us through the marvellous Atonement of
Jesus Christ.
AMEN! If YOU have been involved in doing this, I advice you to stop immediately and to begin, instead, to pray for those whom YOU think are missing God somehow. Correcting, instructing and guiding THEM is GOD'S business ALONE!!! One thing to remember when the enemy is tempting you to get into judgement: YOU (I) are NOBODY'S Holy Spirit!!! Allow them to be led by God in HIS timing and and YOU concentrate on becoming the very best YOU that you can! THAT pleases God like nothing else! AMEN! Here is Hillsong reminding us of who WE are - "Children of the Light"!
Shalom in Him!
