A selfish and self-centred life is a lonely life. It is the easiest thing to do to judge people from our own perspective. I think the book “The Shack” gave a really good example of how God loves us. Now here is what Paul wrote in Romans 15:
For even Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the
Scriptures say, “The insults of those who insult you, O God, have fallen on
me.” Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago
to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait
patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
God loves you. He loves you no matter who you are, what you
did or whatever mistakes you made. You are a child of the living God, and you
are so precious to Him. I know it is hard to see beyond the lies that this world
created about you or the judgements that is cast over you by people.
Jesus said that you should remove the boulder from your own
eye before you try to remove the speck from someone else’s eyes. We seem to
miss our own faults when we look at other. In most cases it is a form of insecurity
and rejection that basically pushes us to seek fault in other rather than to look
for it in our own lives.
Insecurities and rejection can be formed in your early
childhood and some of them are so well hidden in our deepest places that we do
not even realise they are the cause of habits that we created towards other.
So, before we make a judgement or a say something to hurt someone,
think about what you are about to say and why you are saying it. Does it carry
any truth, and do you really know exactly what the other person is going through.
A nice word and an understanding heart is far more valuable than a judgement.
Sometimes people just need to know, you can see they are in
a battle and even if you are facing a mountain. A kind word where you take yourself
out of the picture and think of someone else instead of your own needs and
problems, will have so much more value in the long run. God sees your heart and
He will surely bless you.
Paul says that we should wait patiently for God’s promises. My
prayer is just this: I pray that the Lord will clear your mind of all the bad
things and just renew your thoughts as He realign you with Him. I pray that your
faith will be renewed and that you will rise up as we take God’s promises and
wait patiently for Him.
Have a great day.