“Do
not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you
will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1-2
The world has a major problem judging people by
their appearance. It’s been a personal
problem of mine for many years. I have
been asking the Lord to rid me of it and while I am much better than I used to
be, I still do it at times. People, both
Christian and non-Christian, pre-judge others by their physical appearance,
their apparent monetary status, the cars they drive, even the way they
talk. What’s the matter with us? Did God judge us in this manner? I dare say no … and not just ‘no’, but a
resounding “NO!” We seem to think we
are better then others; however, we are comparing ourselves to the wrong
person. This is why so many people think
they’re doing just fine, because they believe they are a good person that is
better than most others that they know or hear about. Compare yourself to your Creator and you
might feel a bit differently.
How daunting a thought is it to think that God will mete out
the same judgment that you have used on others.
It should make you stop and think about how you view others. We are all God’s creations. To quote Oscar
Wilde1,
“Every saint has a past and every sinner
has a future.” There is always hope for a lost soul to find salvation. How much of a damper do we put on their
future association with their Maker if we judge them due to externals.
Now its true that most people will probably never know how
we feel about them, since we don’t know them and will probably never meet them,
but wouldn’t it be so much more productive kingdom-wise to be friendly with all
people and try to be a blessing to them regardless of their race, monetary
status or physical appearance. People
need the Lord. Are we driving them away
by showing distain toward them? Who are
we to do so? If God treated us the way
we treat some others we’d never stand a chance to be forgiven. Until next time, walk with the King and be a
blessing!
1 Oscar Wilde was an
Irish writer and poet. After writing in
different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular
playwrights in the early 1890s.
