Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. (Matthew 7:1-2)
Of all days to open up my Bible and come to the above passage from Matthew about judging other people, it was be no less than 24 hours after the jury delivered their bombshell verdict to Casey Anthony of “Not Guilty” for first-degree murder in her trial. The outpouring of anger and shock has certainly dominated the media since Tuesday afternoon and many folks feel as if our legal system is broken.
I am not writing today’s devotional to discuss the Casey Anthony trial, but more or less to write about what it means to judge others. We must be careful when we judge others, because we simply may not know or understand all of the facts or circumstances. I have had my fair share of people make unfair evaluations about me and I have done the same to others.
Before we jump to conclusions about others, it helps to recall the hurt we have experienced in the past when we were wrongly judged. It helps us to avoid looking at people through a negative filter that gives us a distorted point of view.
It’s when we see others as Jesus sees them-as God’s children-that we begin to offer grace and mercy rather than judgment.
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