I get so wrapped up sometimes looking at what others do that I judge them constantly for their work, for their parenting, for their lifestyle, and for their hypocrisy. Hypocrites are all around me, yet Im the biggest one of them all. People cry out, Look at all these people that judge me! But I rather seek Your forgiveness for my own Sin, and I can only hope through Your love and wisdom that I be better tomorrow than I am today. I know truly for what I show others, You will show me. Please help me. I promise to let those speak and not do, and I will stay focused on You. --------------------- So you can see there are no excuses for any of us. If your eyes shift their focus from yourselves to others—to judge how they are doing—you have already condemned yourselves! You don’t realize that you are pointing your fingers at others for the exact things you do as well. There’s no doubt that the judgment of God will justly fall upon hypocrites who practice such things. Here’s what is happening: you attack and criticize others and then turn around to commit the same offenses yourselves! Do you think you will somehow dodge God’s judgment? Do you take the kindness of God for granted? Do you see His patience and tolerance as signs that He is a pushover when it comes to sin? How could you not know that His kindness is guiding our hearts to turn away from distractions and habitual sin to walk a new path? But because your heart is obstinate and shameless, you’re storing up wrath that will count against you. On the day of His choosing, God’s wrath and judgment will be unleashed to make things right. As it goes, everyone will receive what his actions in life have cultivated. Whoever has labored diligently and patiently to do what is right—seeking glory, honor, and immortality—God will grant him endless joy in life eternal. But selfish individuals who make trouble, resist the truth, or sell out to wickedness will meet a very different fate—they will find fury and indignation as the fruit of living in the wrong. Suffering and pain await everyone whose life is marked by evil living (first for the Jew, and next for the non-Jew). But if you do what is right, you will receive glory, admiration, and peace (again, first for the Jew, then for the non-Jew). God has no favorites. Romans 2:1-11
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 01:00:12 +0000
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