Gospel: Luke 6: 36-38
Today's commandment of Jesus not to judge seems simple and clear. Yet, we will hear many a sermon and treatise that will take these simple words and have them mean exactly the opposite of what they say. We will look to find any and every opportunity and excuse to judge others, bringing of course judgment upon ourselves as this lesson of Jesus attests.
This behavior of ours seems particularly odd when we find it so easy to defend and heed for ourselves God's command to Joshua to commit genocide, or God's command to Abraham to offer human sacrifice. These commands and actions we defend and perform without batting an eyelash. Yet, this command of Jesus on not judging causes us so much pain that it leads us into gymnastic contortions of unparalleled proportions.
So today we might well consider what these tendencies within us means. Are we truly discerning what God wants us to do each day, or are we using the Bible to justify our own biases and preferences? Today is a day to judge the only person we are qualified to judge and that is ourselves. It is a day to reflect deeply on what God means for us in our lives and what we are called to be as disciples of the Lord Jesus.
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