Matthew 7:1-2 (NKJV) 7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
Each day, we all come into contact with many, many other people. We may not interact with all of them directly, in person, but we see them or pass by them in the course of our day.
As we see or come into contact with these people, we make a note in our mind about what we think of them.
We like them or dislike them. We think they are good or bad. We think they are moral or immoral. We think they are worthy of our time and attention or not, and many other things that we think in a matter of a few seconds. We pass judgment on them.
And we do this almost instantly, without really even making an effort to do so. It just happens. And we do this while knowing absolutely nothing about a person or their motives, their situation or their circumstances.
Each time we pass judgment on a person without knowing them or anything about them, our heart hardens a little more. And each new unfounded, groundless judgment causes a new layer of hardness to cover our heart.
Before we know it, our hearts are wrapped in so many hard layers and we feel justified in our judgments of others; self-righteous in our thoughts.
Bur God wants to break this terrible cycle in our minds. He wants to put an end to the way we see people and judge them needlessly.
And only He can break down the hardened layers that surround our hearts. Only He can show us who we really are and then help us to change. Without Him, we are powerless to change.
So many times when we judge others, we are so wrong, and our perception is so far off, yet we continue, day after day, doing this same thing.
Matthew 15:19 (NKJV) 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
People of God, it’s time for us to stop. It’s time to let God show us our thoughts and the damage that they do. And then we need to let Him break through those hardened layers that have encased our hearts, and destroy them once and for all.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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