PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY - MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT.
Sept. 20th, 2025
CHECK THE CHECKLIST BEFORE YOU JUDGE.
Question: How do I stop judging or condemning others? Hmmm! Just check your checklist to see if you have done something similar in the past. If you have committed such act before, your approach to the problem, or the crisis will be different. You will show a rare understanding and sympathy. The badge of honour is you become a better teacher/trainer, correcting instead of condemning. You will also free yourself from gossip knowing that Gossip thrives on condemnation.
Question: What if such act is not on my checklist - an indication that I have never behaved like that before? Hmmm! First, you may rage, condemn, and quickly jumped to judge. Then ask yourself, do I want God to do to me what I have just done? Because that is exactly what you just signed for. The second choice is to humbly correct the person even when he/she is your house help/maid, spouse, children, friends etc. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. FOR IN THE SAME WAY YOU JUDGE OTHERS, YOU WILL BE JUDGED, AND WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED TO YOU." (Mat.7.1-2.NIV)
You see, your checklist (contains all the things you did wrong and have received forgiveness from God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ) if used judiciously, soften you. It makes you think twice before acting or speaking. The result is that you act more in love than participate in the emotional destruction of others. Otherwise, you may turn out to be:--
The servant whose master forgave much but when he saw another servant who owed him less and couldn't pay, became very hostile and sent him to jail. When his master learnt of this, he called the ungrateful servant and treated him worse than he did. (Mat. 18:21-25) Your checklist may save you from such embarrassment. And remember "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Tim.3.16-17.NIV)
Jesus condemns the habit of criticizing others while ignoring one's faults. A believer must first submit himself to God's righteous standard before attempting to examine and influence the conduct of other Christians.
THE WORD: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John.3.17.NIV)
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