Let The Master Decide

MEDITATION

Let The Master Decide

Romans 14:4* " Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling."BBE

Point to ponder on: It is not your duty to judge another man's servant.

"Nobody has any authority to decide about someone else’s servants. Nobody should decide that someone else’s servants are wrong. Only those servants’ own master has authority to decide whether his servants are right or wrong. But the Lord will continue to accept his servants, because he is able to help them. The Lord can make them strong, so that they continue to believe him." (Easy English)

It is time to draw the line. Let us put off the sword from their necks and keep to our boundaries. Let us not crucify that brother or sister in Christ. He or she is a servant of God, so are we too. Let the Master Jesus decides his or her case and let us keep our judgement. The judgment day is up to God, why tear down God's servants thinking we are defending the faith. There are several ways we work against the body of Christ by our criticism of fellow believers, and spiritual leaders. I hear it on TV and read a lot and I just keep wondering. The amazing thing is that the perpetrators claim to be Christians who have taken over the place of the devil who is 'the accuser of the brethren.'

Let us respect Christ in every believer. You may not like people's behaviour or actions, that is a personal thing but don't ignore the fact that they belong to Christ and He is the judge over their lives. What ever belief system they hold about food and other mundane things, God is the master who can judge. If their faith is not strong to do certain things now and your faith can, don't grade them as inferior or infidel. God understands their level and He will help them get stronger in faith. Thomas Didymus (one of Jesus' disciples) demanded to see Jesus' hand before he could belief that indeed it was Jesus resurrected from the dead. Jesus didn't condemn or judge him for his level of faith, but He told Thomas to touch His hands and side so that he could believe.  "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."(Jn.20:29)  Let us realise that we don't have the same level of faith, hence we see things differently and handle things based on our faith level, strength or weakness and the Master can bear with our weak points and help us to become stronger. Every believer small or great is a servant of God and only Master Jesus has the right to Judge. We are all servants to Him, therefore, let us help build one another and leave the judgment to Jesus- our able Master.

Good morning. Enjoy His peace.

I celebrate you.

David, Johnson