YOUR OWN HEART
“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”
Luke 6:37 (King James Version)
One of my pastor friends says this all the time in his sermons “If you would concentrate on keeping your own heart right before God, you wouldn’t have time to criticize, condemn and judge others”. Every one of us would do well to follow his advice. None of us are perfect. All of us fail Jesus. Instead of pointing the finger at someone else, we need to point it at ourselves.
How is your heart today? Are you in right standing with God? Have you forgiven those who have hurt you? Have you asked those you hurt to forgive you? When God looks in your heart, what does He see? Does He see things that bring joy to Him or does He see things that hurt Him?
You might say, I haven’t sinned. If you have told a lie, you’ve sinned. To God, sin is sin. Unless we can say that we are perfect, which we will never be able to say, we have no business condemning anybody else. We need to clean up our own back yard. Let’s stop judging and start loving others unconditionally as Jesus has commanded us to do.
Heavenly Father, please forgive us for having a holier than thou attitude and for being judgmental. Help us to love one another unconditionally and to forgive one another. Father, please help us to say and do things that bring joy to you instead of sorrow. Amen.
Joanne Lowe
joannelowe8@cox.net
www.joanne-ourprecioussaviour.blogspot.com
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