Matthew 7:3
3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
God doesn’t have to give us the reasons behind His commands. I can’t explain all of my decisions to my children because sometimes the reasons are beyond their reasoning. Here though, God gives us a pretty plain sense of why we shouldn’t judge. We are hypocritical judges who use different standards for ourselves and other people.
We are willing to tolerate and even approve of massive transgressions in ourselves while at the same time finding the smallest infractions in our neighbors. Imagine a society where each legal case was decided by completely different, and arbitrary, laws. One person is fined $100 for murder while another is hanged for jaywalking. I don’t want to live in that world. Be glad that God, the only righteous one, is our Judge.
Prayer prompt: Lord, thank You for bringing order to the moral universe. Teach me to see myself and others the way You do.
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