It is easy to point a finger and "call sin, sin" for things we would all agree is "sinful" behavior; physical abuse of any kind, murder, theft, adultery, substance abuse, etc. But i have to ask those who can easily point the finger of judgement on these issues and take harsh stances on the "rightness" of their judgment based on God's word why stop there?
Where is the same judgement when we are faced with issues like; greed, selfishness, letting the hungry go hungry, for letting the homeless stay without shelter, let the naked remain naked?
When we make choices everyday that cause these realities to remain, where is the finger of judgment? When we are living in ways that do not reflect the lordship of our lives in these ways do we not take the same stand for God's word?
When we keep so much for ourselves and allow ourselves luxuries and excesses to the lack of basic human needs for so many others where is our voice? When are lives are spent on ourselves and the betterment of our own lives to the lack of millions of others who do not even have clean water, when we see this behavior do we have the same outrage? We do not have to look far to see the answer is no. The sad thing is we are blinded to the truth of it all. We clearly do not really care about God's creation of humanity that is all around us. We clearly do not look at EVERYONE as equal as in the eyes of God, because if we did, would we, could we, turn our heads and choose to let people die. Oh, it is easy to shout about murder, sexual sin, theft, substance abuse, bad language, the way people dress and so on..but really, this is an easy moral high road to walk. We know what sin is and my goodness we would never do THAT!
But what about the other..
what if... I was called out for buying a car that was way beyond what I needed and was asked why I didn't give that money to the poor?
what if..I was called out for buying bigger and and more grand houses, when I could have stayed where I was, comfortably, and put someone else into safe and clean shelter...
What if I was called out for spending more on a new pair of shoes than some people make in a year......and so on?
As we think about judging the actions of others and what is "right"in the eyes of God let us look to Matthew 25 and see what will be on God's mind when we stand before him.
3 comments:
I love you Lori - thank you for always bringing me back to where I need to be.
preaching it again sister...
i'm honored to call you my friend and serve beside you when God gives us the chance.
love ya.
This is so true! I know when my daughter Jennifer came back from her 2 weeks in Honduras, she was so conscious of being frivolous. I think we all need to be reminded of how excessive we can be!!! And I know we just need to start with ourselves. You are in our prayers there and we are saving to send you money for food!
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