13h • General discussion
Some things are not for me to decide
Judges 11:27 ESV
“I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me. The Lord, the judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.”
Both parties here feel that they are in the right and are doing what they believe is true based on their context. They are both presenting their cases to one another in this chapter.
I believe that most people feel that they are doing the correct thing with majority of their decisions. We have a way of bending the truth to fit our narrative. And if we keep bending the details around us, they will fit what ever point we are trying to make. The question is, what point are we trying to make? If I really need to justify that what I’m doing is good, maybe it isn’t.
I am really guilty of believing that I am right all of the time and what I am doing is the best way. I will get frustrated when others are not being what I consider to be ‘efficient’. What if that is not for me to decide? Why would I waste time worrying if everyone else is raising up to a standard that I have created in my head?
The verse says the Lord will decide. I pray to remember I am not the judge, so why should I stand in judgment of everyone around me? I can control me, and I should do the best that I can based on my context.
I will not be precise in everything that I do, but if I continue to pursue God, then everything will fall in line as it should. I am human and things will not always perfectly fall in line, but if my intentions point towards Him, what I consider to be right or wrong doesn’t matter. Good will sort that out later.
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Some things are not for me to decide
