Judge not

Scripture/Bible:  "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matt 7:1-5

Reflection:  Why is human nature so notorious that it refuses to see the log in its own eyes instead of making every effort to see the speck in other people’s eyes?

Why? 

Where did this problem originate? Is it not at the time of our first parents, their fallen nature sought to blame each the other as if there was a log in the others eye when it is only a speck there and log here in one’s own eye.

We need not go down to history to see the many wrongs people have been subjected to, by those sitting in judgment with logs in the eyes, over those with a mere speck. 

If one reflects, the situation appears grim as men with their craftiness hide their misdeeds with creative intelligence and usurped power. 

Thus we arrive at a new class of poor; not just the material but those who are victims of such atrocities unleashed by the wicked or the rich.

Here the rich here are those who wield power and authority or have the power of seduction, either on account of wealth, money, influence, beauty, gift of the gab, and bully about by taking advantage of their apparent poor and weak position in society towards a devious end.

What a depressing world it would be if not for the hope of an eternal life and the intervention of God in the life of those who trust in him.

    

“For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?” Job 27:8-9

Prayer: “Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. O let the evil of the wicked come to an end but establish thou the righteous.” Ps 7:8-9

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