The other day I did something I ever rarely do.
I emailed five friends
and asked them for prayer
concerning some pressing issues
my family and I are facing.
It was revealed to me that out of the five,
at least one had made some assumptions
and passed judgment on us
(hence my reluctance to
ever ask for prayer to begin with).
Job called his friends who did this to him
“miserable comforters”.
Thinking about this situation begs two questions.
First, is our perspective of God
(despite all that Jesus has accomplished)
still so warped
that we see Him first or only as
"The Punisher"?
And second,
are we, as humans,
truly incapable of simply
asking God to
bless our fellow man
without first making assumptions
or passing judgments?
I mean…seriously?
I've had to learn that lesson the hard way too. I'd rather have one friend with a heart filled with the revelation of God's goodness stand with me in prayer than 10 friends who still have a religion but no relationship. I declare over your family that you will see the goodness of The Lord in the land of the living. xo
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