A
reminder for today
As
she was praying to the LORD, Eli watched her. Seeing her lips moving but
hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking. "Must you come here
drunk?" he demanded. "Throw away your wine!" (1 Samuel 1:12-14)
Ah the human nature in us. Eli shows something of our
human nature that must be quite familiar to us all. He judges before he got all
the facts. Jesus spoke about judging
others and how we should not judge people, because we can so easily be
misguided by other.
"Do
not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as
you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you
will be judged. (Matthew 7:1-2)
My dear friend, why do we insist on trying to judge
people when we are so terrible at it? Why do we think ourselves so godly when
we are mere humans? Let us take the words of Jesus and make it part of our very
being. Let’s be better and stand out in our pure hearts and holy living as we
follow Jesus and His ways. Let us not judge but instead let’s listen to the
voice of the Holy Spirit and follow His guidance when it comes to our
neighbours.
"And
why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? How
can you think of saying to your friend, 'Let me help you get rid of that speck
in your eye,' when you can't see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite!
First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal
with the speck in your friend's eye. "Don't waste what is holy on people
who are unholy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls,
then turn and attack you. (Matthew 7:3-6)
Change starts with you.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.