Understanding God's judgement....

Let me paint you this picture...
You are footballer playing in one of the grandest match you could ever play in...
(World Cup? probably... =P)
And you are en-route to scoring a goal, and you're in the penalty box already when suddenly one of the opposition comes over and nudges/shoves/(insert your own string of words) you....
What do you do?
What do you do if the shove was quite hard, and you can't keep on your feet?
Do you try to go to the grounds and exaggerate the shove?
Or do you go down, and go with the flow of the fall?
Do you trust in the referee to see what was done to you, and blow the whistle?
Do you trust the referee to make the correct call?

What if the score was 1 - 0, and the penalty was needed to level the scores?
Do you trust in the referee to see what was done to you, and blow the whistle?
Do you trust the referee to make the correct call?

What if, the referee was God?

Today's passage is about understanding God's judgement.
How many times, when we have been wrong, we try it to do it our way?
We try to take revenge on our own?

What really spoke to me today was about God being the one who should pass judgement.
If you have been reading the zone blog, which the address is http://passionatuwa.blogspot.com/, and read what Isaiah shared, he was talking about the sins of King David, and Pastor Mike Guglielmucci, and how to God, both were sinners, and both sins were equally weighted.
Sometimes we view someone's sin is greater, we decide to judge them.
If all sins are equal to God, how can we judge?

Another story in the bible, taken from the book of John, Chapter 8, Verses 1 to 11, talks about how a woman who has committed adultery and was brought before Jesus.
In verse 7, it is written that Jesus raised Himself up, and said to the people...

"He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."

He who is without sin.
We all know that we are sinners...
That we do not lead a perfect life, and have surely committed sin a few times (at least) in our lives.

What right then, do we have as sinner, to judge others?
The only one who is worthy to judge others is God, and we should leave judgement to God, and trust in Him, that His judgement is just and fair.

The more I trust God as the only fair judge, the less judgemental I'll be.
When we trust that God is the only fair judge, the only one who is worthy and fit to judge others, we become less judgemental.
When we trust in Him to judge, we are able to forgive others for the hurt and wrong that they have caused and committed against us in our lives.
When we forgive, we understand the true extent of God's judgement, and, of course, His love.
=)

I urge you to read Corrie ten Boom's story again, which begins on Page 231 of the book.
It's stories like this that truly help us see, the true extent of God's love and mercy.
All because Corrie learnt to trust in God's judgement.

I'm sure most of us have done things without the intention to hurt, but somehow, the results don't come out right.
Sometimes, people don't know, and judge us for it?
How do we feel?

Similarly, when we judge others, have we thought about how they might be feeling inside?


Trust God to judge, and not us.
Always remember...

John 8: 7b
He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.

See you guys at cell later, and God bless! =)

Learning more about God's love each day,

Johnson