My prayer for you for today is that you will love those
around you with a pure heart free from judgement. In Jesus Name.
Romans
2:3-4 and 11
Since
you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God's
judgment when you do the same things? Don't you see how wonderfully kind,
tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you
see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?
For
God does not show favoritism.
You must love you neighbour as you love yourself. I find
myself reflecting on the past week when I read this part in Romans. It is
almost funny how easy it is for us to judge and condemn. We have this invisible
top ten list which we update on a daily basis, and if you don’t find yourself
on that list then you are on our bad list and you don’t want to be there no
sir. How easy it is for us to find fault in others, in their driving skills,
their eating habits, their choice of clothes, their parking abilities, their
hair, their choice of friends and I can go on and on. And funny enough this disapproval of their
ways can sometimes be much higher depending of what happened on our way to work
of wherever we travel. If you are angered on the way to work then it is so much
easier to be angry at others and to judge them incorrectly. It lets me think of
the time the people caught the woman in adultery and they were on their way to
stone her in John 8. Jesus looked at them and said that it is fine, but the one
without sin can throw the first stone. Imagine this in your everyday life
before you gossip or judge, hear Jesus’s words: “If you are without sin, then
go ahead.” God looks at our lives every day and He remains kind, tolerant and
patient. Does this not mean that we must also be kind, tolerant and patient
with others? God shows no favouritism and loves each one of us equally. Let’s
go out today and truly love our neighbours with kindness, tolerance and
patience. God will not be visible in your anger and your gossip, He will only
be seen in your love for other.
Cloudy days and rain over South Africa, I love it.
Have a great day friend of Jesus, you remain in my
prayers.
Cheers