1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Dear God, it is interesting that judgment and hypocrite are used in the same paragraph. I guess they do, indeed, go together, but I find it interesting nonetheless.
I certainly have a problem with judging others. I judge how they raise their children, do their job, treat their wives, represent you, represent themselves, etc. I judge a lot. And one of my son’s favorite criticisms of me is that I am a hypocrite. The biggest one he points out is when I call others insecure, because he says that I am incredibly insecure myself. I can see that. I mentioned a few days ago how I am still like a little kids a lot of the times and say, “Look at me, look at me, look at me.” I like attention. One time I took a personality test that said, in essence, “Confident, but needs compliments.” I interpreted it as, “Arrogant, but it needs fed.”
Father, I don’t want to be insecure because you are the source and the provision for all of the self-confidence that I need. I don’t want to draw attention to myself because I must decrease as you increase in my life. I don’t want to be judgmental because people need to feel your grace through me and not your judgment. I don’t want to be arrogant because then people will be repelled from me and not drawn to you through me. Help me to give grace and walk humbly in your love.
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