A reminder for
today
And Jesus said
unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. (Luke
23:43)
The week is rushing by as we are heading for the weekend.
The Holy Spirit placed judgement in my thoughts today and it is something we
all struggle with. You see we are very quick to judge and slow to forgive. For example,
when someone gossips about you and you hear of this you will always have a little
disgust with that person even if you do not show it, it is there. This is purely
because we judge, and we do not forgive. Now this is something we must be very careful
with, because Jesus was very clear when He spoke about judgement in Matthew 7.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured
to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy
brother, let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is
in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
This is probably the one verse we forget way to easily. You see
when Jesus was on the cross the man next Him told Him that Jesus must remember
Him when He enters into the Kingdom of God. In these words, this man excepted that
Jesus is His saviour and asked for forgiveness. Jesus said that this man will enter
heaven with Him. You see when God forgives there is no trace left of your
wrongs and your entire list is destroyed. There is no more and nothing that can
be used against you. This is the measure we should also forgive with.
The enemy knows this all too well, because he knows we will
be judged in the same way we judge and, so he will fill you with lies and
hatred so that you will continue to condemn and judge those who already received
your forgiveness. My dear friend, do not fall into this trap and do not be deceived
by the world and the way other behave. When you forgive, forgive entirely and
do not allow any form of judgement to return.
My greatest struggle is the farm attacks in South Africa. My
parents were attacked more than once so it is hard to let go and forgive. Especially
now when you hear of 11 attacks and 4 killed in just the last few days. I struggle
with forgiveness in this matter, but I believe that the Lord will guide me
through this. As we start to unite in prayer and stand up against this evil I will
see God at work and I will see Him deliver these people from evil. You see we
must forgive completely and no matter how hard it is, we should let God deal
with evil. It is our responsibility to hear His voice and react to His direction.
He will not let evil prevail, he will free us from it. We must turn to Him.
Lord, please help us with our judgements and forgiveness. Let
is clear our minds and break the hold of the enemy in this and forgive with
pure hearts. In Jesus name.
Have an awesome day, dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
