Movement
‘Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, “Let me take the speck out of your eye”, while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye. Matthew 7:1-5
While Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.’ John 8:1-11
There were two sermons in one week. One from a podcast out of Oregon, one at my church, both were on the same subjects: judgment and forgiveness. I began to feel the little seed that was planted within me start to sprout into something beautiful, and all it took was the breath of God. But even though I can see his good works, his breath in my life scares the crap out of me. God has been convicting me to do things that I have fought against. Things that I don’t know how to do and don’t know if I want to do. The question remains, however, that if God asks, can I ignore? If God asks, do I have the right to ask to ask for clarification before proceeding, or do I just trust Him to not let me go off of his path for my life? It is amazing how just considering following God in this action has lightened my heart in a way it hasn’t been lightened in a very long time.
While Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, they said to him, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.’ John 8:1-11
There were two sermons in one week. One from a podcast out of Oregon, one at my church, both were on the same subjects: judgment and forgiveness. I began to feel the little seed that was planted within me start to sprout into something beautiful, and all it took was the breath of God. But even though I can see his good works, his breath in my life scares the crap out of me. God has been convicting me to do things that I have fought against. Things that I don’t know how to do and don’t know if I want to do. The question remains, however, that if God asks, can I ignore? If God asks, do I have the right to ask to ask for clarification before proceeding, or do I just trust Him to not let me go off of his path for my life? It is amazing how just considering following God in this action has lightened my heart in a way it hasn’t been lightened in a very long time.