When you find yourself judging others, do you realize you are falling into temptation? When we are finding fault with others usually we already have decided we would never act the way that person is acting. Do we really want God’s help when we are walking down this path in our imagination? In our Lord’s Prayer, when we have asked God to forgive us our “trespasses,” we quickly trespass on our neighbor by judging him or her. Next time we pray “lead us not into temptation” remember this greatest temptation each of us faces, the need to compare ourselves with our neighbor. What does God say, “love one another as I have loved you” (John 13:34). When we are tempted to judge, let’s pour on love.
Human ways are under the eyes of the Lord.
Proverbs 5:21
Therefore, do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart.
1 Corinthians 4:5
All-seeing Lord, I am grateful that you love me in all my humanness. Bring to light the dark thoughts or habits of mine that need correction, and please give me the desire to listen and change. Help me to keep judgments to myself and to let you enlighten others of their need for change. Amen.
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