5 In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it — one from the house of David — one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
This made me think about how fine a line there is between judging others rightly versus judging others wrongly. Do I judge others out of a desire to edify them, or do I do it out of selfish ambition or conceit? It's so easy for me to judge others because it boosts my own ego, makes me feel better about myself, or validates deficiencies I see in myself. All of us have been on either side of this -- we know how painful and destructive it can be to be judged wrongly by someone, but on the other side of the coin, how helpful and encouraging it can be for a friend to judge us out of care and concern.
Lord, help me to discern properly the situations and relationships where I am to judge others. When I do so, let me be motivated by a selfless desire to edify others rather than for my own gain. Amen.
3 comments:
Good word, I relate to this. I feel I'm being judged unfairly by my ex. It's good to be reminded that I should not focus on her, that's between her and God, but how I judge/don't judge her based on the areas I'd just love to pummel her on. Thanks Mike.
It's interesting, because Jamie was just talking about that last week in his reading. Seems to be a common theme, something we could probably do a study on.
The theme continues...I was about to sit and write a blog on Rom.2:16, where it says that "God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ." Following the cheater notes to John 5:22, I learned that "the Father...has committed all judgement to the Son." I'm sure there's more to learn here--about Christ's role in judging, about our role, etc. I'd be up for a word study on this topic.
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