By THE SPIRIT in Luke chapter 6 Jesus spoke:
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.
38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
There is only one righteous standard over all the earth by which everything else is measured and that standard is Jesus Christ and His Character. As we mature in Christ we take on that same standard and are raised up in like manner for all the world to be compared against.
Business, construction, and navigation all rely on standards in order to be most effective and it is no different in the Spiritual realm. The worldly orientation of judgment is often described as “people judge themselves by their intent but everyone else by their actions”. By walking in that frame of mind people are simply deceiving themselves. Jesus speaks of the reality of sowing and reaping in the above passage. Whatever you sow or give, it will be returned to you in like manner.
Some may claim this Law of sowing and reaping to be selective in some aspect but I say to you that FATHER will repay in the most effective manner. A person may accuse and speak ill of another and then be plagued with chronic sickness. FATHER will repay according to the unique priorities of the individual.
If Love is what you sow, the GOD of Love will open up HIS storehouse on your behalf. You may face daily challenges because you are simply walking out life in this day and time but FATHER will open doors for you that would otherwise be shut. I have seen this occur many times over my life. I had one client who emphatically stated for years he would never spend money in a particular area and indeed wrote the check this year. Never say ”never”. As I have said in the past, you are just one phone call away from a blessing. FATHER will make sure that you receive what you sow.
In this political season it would be easy to judge and condemn. Instead, we must let FATHER do the judging by HIS Righteous standard and know that each nation will receive its appropriate leader based on the hearts of the people. FATHER will protect HIS children no matter what occurs in the political arena. We must understand that FATHER’S judgment is required to turn people from their wicked ways and we may soon observe that reality.
In Exodus chapter 23 FATHER spoke:
1 “You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.”
We are not called to be politically correct for we must follow in the footsteps of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our standard, not man. These days nearly every form of perversion has become protected by man’s laws yet FATHER will have the last Word, of that you can be assured. FATHER is not moved by man’s moral depravity and HE will remove the veil of protection over a nation who follows the path toward death and destruction. If the depravity is severe, the righteous judgment will be in like manner. Consider Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those who have exploited mankind for their personal gain in this current system will be judged accordingly. James wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 5:
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.
Their wealth will end up with no value for it is temporary by its nature. The everlasting riches are only found in Heaven and FATHER will repay appropriately. Let us live by the Standard of Unconditional Love and reap our harvest multiplied by FATHER. There is only one true standard by which all are judged and as we come to that realization in our lives, we will be drawn to that standard and thus live by it.