Recently in a conversation, not to me in particular, but I was included in it, anyway, something was said and it struck me as odd. It was after midnight when it happened. But the thought was in my mind, there was no way I was going to be able to just go to sleep until I got it out somehow. So, I stayed up and studied it out for a while. And, I'm finally getting around to writing it into a form of a blog post. What was it that was so intriguing? Well, it was actually a pretty simple statement. I hear it often, in fact, have probably said it myself at one time or another. But in this case, it meant something more. After a conflicting conversation...with a lot of confrontation, they responded with, "seems like I'm being judged for everything I do." I couldn't take in what they had just said. Especially in context with the rest of the conversation. After admitting they were wrong in what they were doing, that is what was said. I can't remember how I responded, but this is what I would say to anyone who is in the same boat, so to speak.
YOU ARE BEING JUDGED! You feel like you're being judged for everything you do? Well, let me break it to you, you are! Everything you do is being judged. BY GOD Deut. 32.36, "For the LORD shall judge his people..." Ps. 9.7&8, "But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgement. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgement to the people in uprightness." Is. 33.22, "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us." Acts 10.42, "And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead." Prov. 29.26, "...but every man's judgement cometh from the LORD." There will come a day when you will have to stand before Him and give an account for everything you did and didn't do. Every act, every thought, is being recorded. You are being judged for what you do. God is the ultimate judge. It doesn't matter what anyone else says of you, it matters what He says of you. AND BY OTHERS You are being labeled, and criticized for who you are and what you do. There is no way around it. It's going to happen. Whatever you do, you're going to be judged whether you like it or not. You can't control whether you are or not, but you can control what they are able to say. Philippians 2:14& 15, "Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world." Philippians1.9-10, "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ." What you do will greatly determine what they are going to be able to accuse you of. Obviously, false accusations can, and will be made, but make it a priority to live to if you were accused of something by someone, they would question it before they would believe it. There's a difference. There is a difference between "judging" and reproof; instruction; exhortation. There is such a thing as "tough love". ;) Saying something confrontational and hard to hear like that is more love than ignoring it. Ephesians 4.14-15, "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine,m by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ." Speaking the truth in love. Gently, lovingly pointing out a weakness; bringing to attention something that could cause a problem in the future, that is love. It does nothing for the person who mentions it. They love you and are trying to help. You have faults and failures, whether you choose to accept or deny them. You're not perfect. But, those who love you are going to try to warn you. Proverbs 8.33, "Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not."
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