I am not the judge…God is!

One of the issues that I deal with is sometimes not appreciating how others dogmatically share their views, especially on social media. Views that I completely disagree with. But this has trained me to forgive and to bless. Maybe what they wrote or said is not completely wrong, but it feels judgmental. Paul the apostle said, “Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.” (Rom. 14:4). I am not the judge…God is! Let’s become offense proof by forgiving others quickly and speaking blessing over those we disagree with. And let’s pray for them, asking God to give them grace to stand. Jesus told His disciples, “If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (Jn. 20:23). When we do not forgive, we bind ourselves and others. Unforgiveness always creates bondage. But where there is forgiveness, there is freedom! When we forgive from our hearts, we are freed from the guilt and the mental and emotional torment we may have experienced due to unforgiveness. And then God can work in our life, and in the life of the person we have forgiven! The degree to which we receive God’s forgiveness matches the degree to which we forgive others.