A man may plan his ways, but I the Lord direct his footsteps. Who am I? I am the author and the finisher of your faith. The beginning and the end. I judge the heart of a man. Not by the past, nor by the man's degrees, but by the heart. I come not to make peace, but division. A division from what is corruptible, and that which is holy and pure. If a man says in his heart, "I will serve the Lord on the sabbath, and I will give my tithe and give what is do if me," should that man think that he is my own, and that his life is pleasing to me? I judge the heart of a man. If a rich man gives his ten percent to the church, and poor man gives all that he has, who's offering do you think that I delight in? Keep mindful that I judge not as a man judges, but by my own judgment. It is righteous and no other judgment is like mine for I have created all things.
The Lord was just showing me that you can do all the right things, but that your heart has to be right with him most of all.
God bless, Chad
Friday, December 28, 2007
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Amen and again Amen young brother Chad, thank you and bless you for sharing that word.
Chad, thank you for posting this. The Lord has been saying this to me for months, that He is my judge and no one else, including myself! You see, I am my own worst judge, as I'm sure many of us are. I'm so glad the Lord keeps reminding me of this. This issue is similar to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. There is such a temptation to want to decide good and evil ourselves, and in so many ways that looks right since we have the Scriptures that tell us good from evil. And we are told to judge ourselves. Yet only God can know and judge the human heart. Someone's behavior does not always reveal their heart. We tend to think of this in terms of good deeds, but I will never forget a story of a man in a nearby town who suddenly flipped out and during an argument killed his wife and then himself, and no one could understand because he had seemed like a wonderful Christian man and loving husband. Apparently not. But when they did an autopsy they found he had a huge tumor in the part of his brain that governs anger and violence, and coworkers and family recalled he had been complaining of headaches lately. Now how do you judge that?
Thank the Lord that He is a just and righteous judge, who does not judge as man does...where would any of us be otherwise? And how wrong would we be about many situations if we relied on our own appraisal of a situation? Thank you Chad, and Amy, for your words.
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