"Judge not, that you be not judged." Matthew 7:1
Well, once again we find ourselves at one of those pesky 'if then' promises. And if we are honest, this is the one that trips us up the most. People are always trotting this one out. Sometimes they do it to comment on the actions of someone else. Sometimes they use it to defend their actions. Neither is its intended use.
What this scripture is, is a mirror. We hold it up and look into it and decide whether or not we want to be judged the way we are judging others: their clothes, their attitude, their actions, their words, their lifestyles, their mistakes, their choices, their sins.
Jesus tells us, rightly so, that the manner we judge others will be the manner in which we are judged, at the least. Often times we are judged even more harshly than we judge. To that end, I choose to err on the side of showing too much grace, that grace may be shown to me.
+ How have you used this scripture in the past? To elevate self? To condemn others?
+ Do you need to reevaluate your usage?
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