WHO'S THE REAL JUDGE?

John 5:22 says,"For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son."

To be absolutely honest, I've done my sharing of judging other people. Then one day I ran across the above verse which hit me right in my solar plexus and stuck there! Now my attitude toward such people who do the same thing is: Who made them a judge of other people, anyhow? Only I soothe my uncharitable attitude by excusing it as another of my many and varied Pet Peeves!!! (An attitude is one thing -- a Pet Peeve is something else, of course!!!)

My erstwhile judgmental attitude really reared its head when women started wearing pant suits to church! Eventually, however, I adopted the same practice. I thought I finally had my attitude -- no, my Pet Peeve -- under control until our lady pastor showed up in pants on the platform one Sunday! Then I had to face my attitude of judgmentalism -- I mean, my Pet Peeve -- all over again!

An acquaintance of mine once told me how she used to play in the church orchestra. At least she did until a new, young Christian showed up in the orchestra wearing a wedding ring! (Christians, she felt, shouldn't wear jewelry, not even a wedding ring!) To show her disapproval (she said she was taking her stand for the right!) she stopped playing in the band. Although she didn't explain why she suddenly dropped out of band, her attitude must have somehow rubbed off onto the new Christian until he, too, dropped out of the orchestra, and out of church, also! I will say my friend wondered if the enemy used her judgmental attitude to hurt a new-born Christian, even to the point of his leaving his new-found faith.

All I can say is, if God, Himself, judges no man, who in the world do I think I am that I can judge others? A bitter pill to swallow, and an even more difficult lesson to learn.

How about you?

Preacher's Kid