Day 137 - Just Judge

No one gives advice with more enthusiasm

than an ignorant person.

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Job, a righteous man before God, has been put to the test. In his human frailty he cries out to God in the midst of his helplessness.  Although he curses the day he was born and feels death more enviable than life, nonetheless, He praises God as the Lord of his feeble life. "When three of Job's friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him.... Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw his suffering was too great for words." (Job 2:11,13)

Job's three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar witnessed the tragedy behind their friend's suffering, yet when in his weakness he speaks impulsively (Job 6:2-3), as anyone would do, Job is condemned and presumed guilty. And so it goes.

The author of the above poem has nailed the response. "Good luck amateur critics of humanity, when you face that Judge!"

 

Sadly, it is true that the people who know you least, including family members, are the ones who think they know better.  We each have one life to live, and if our initial choices prove to be disappointing, thank God we have the courage to pick ourselves back up and start again, rather than lying in the dust feeling sorry for ourselves. It takes courage to stand in the face of persecution from those you thought knew and loved you, but we choose to walk in forgiveness towards those who hurt and offend us, because this is how Jesus taught us to respond. It is an amazing feeling to realize that when you come face to face with the one talking the most, God can give you a love that surpasses any human understanding or compassion. Trust me...I've been there!

There may be those who are reading this blog who have judged me by hearsay. True friends go to their friend to determine the facts rather than listen to murmurings. Of course I have been guilty of much in my life, but so has every one who lives. To God sin is sin without deliberation of which is the worse one.  He is the just God, the one who vindicates, forgives, heals, and loves and extends grace to all who humble themselves, seeking to walk in love, living a life of Christlikeness. I praise God for my Just Judge, the healer of wounds and deliverer of all hurts. Rather than walk in judgment, I choose to live in grace.