Title: Leave the Judgment to God
Isaiah (151) Leave judgment to God (Isaiah 63:1-6)
<The ability to recognize shortcomings>
Fortress people love their abilities. Also, more and more people mistakenly believe they are capable. People who say they have the ability usually don't, and those who say they don't have the ability. The greatest ability is the ability to recognize one's own shortcomings.
Everyone said that John the Baptist had power, but John the Baptist himself said that he was nothing. The greatness of John the Baptist lies not in the fact that he had the courage to speak boldly, but in the fact that he knew his limits. He knew when to step forward and when to retreat. Just as a lamp goes out when the sun rises in the morning, he proclaimed it before Jesus. “I am not worthy to untie his shoelaces before him who is mighty.”
Is it too humble? Excessive humility is rather not polite. Seeing him crouching in front of power makes even the viewer feel distant. However, there is a reason why John the Baptist, who does not wither in the face of any power, lowered himself to such an extreme before Jesus. He knew his limitations so well that he broke people's conventional wisdom, broke himself, and broke his false stability and desire to be exalted.
John the Baptist was a voice crying out in the wilderness, but like Jesus, he touched people's hearts and shed pain and tears together, and could not become one body. Jesus also went to the wilderness to pray for 40 days at the beginning of his public life, but Jesus' position was mainly in the middle of a dark world. In that world, Jesus led people to the heavenly path through a beautiful life. Even the monks of the desert are great, but those who embody God's will in the world are even greater.
Now, at the most appropriate time, Jesus will come back to this earth as king and will take up the rudder and separate the wheat from the weeds. Therefore, so that chaff does not become your life, always put the Lord in the center of your heart, confess your shortcomings, and seek the Lord's help and live. And through a deep encounter with the Lord, let the heavenly flame burn in the wick of your soul. So be a light to the world and lift up the lives of our weary neighbors.
<Leave judgment to God>
The figure of Christ judging with power is well described in the text. No one in this world can stand upright before God who judges. Therefore, you must know that God is terrifying. The biggest problem in this age is that we do not know the fear of God. Why is the church so corrupted? The most fundamental reason is that they do not know that God is afraid. God hates the corruption of the church and the saints above all else and especially judges them.
In April 1950, the police were sent to the general meeting place of the Presbyterian Church of Korea for four days. Even so, the church leaders did not yield, but insisted on each other's arguments, holding hands in the holy temple and fighting with blood. In the end, on the fifth day, they decided on only one thing and dissolved. It was decided to reopen as a general assembly in the fall of 1950. However, two months later, the 6.25 war broke out as a result of God's judgment.
You must be afraid of God. God is a God who judges. For those who believe in God, there is neither judgment nor judgment. The absence of judgment means that there is no judgment in the sense of condemnation, and the presence of judgment means that there is judgment in the sense of making you reap what you sow. So leave judgment to God alone. The Apostle Paul told us not to judge anything until the Lord comes (1 Corinthians 4:3-5).
If a person doesn't like him, he unconditionally judges and condemns him. But remember that even those you hate have close friends. So, that doesn't mean they're all bad. There were times when I hated my parents and teachers when I was young. Still, it cannot be concluded that they are evil beings. So, don't be tempted to pull out the weeds on your own. You can pull out the weeds and even the grain.
God did not entrust humans with the responsibility of judging someone as weeds. Your responsibility is simply to strive to be a grain and be grateful for being in the position of the grain. Even if the weeds sometimes torment you, you will pray more and love more and become more mature grains, but do not judge, “He is the weeds I must pluck!” Then God's judgment will come upon you before it comes upon him. Always leave the judgment to God and do your best to become the hero of the final victory.