JUDGE NOT
2 King 5

“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts.” (Proverbs 21:2)Since man can only see the outside appearance and not the heart, it is often easier for man to judge each other. Every time we consider man as right or wrong in our own eyes we take a position of passing judgment. “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2) Jesus commanded against judging others when we do not know their heart. God alone sees and knows our hearts and He alone is the righteous judge forever. The story of Naaman stated, “Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper.”(2 Kings 5:1) The leper, Naaman was a commander of the army and was considered a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master. How was he considered in the eyes of God his maker? Man can be considered as great and humble in the eyes of the ones that are around him. However, what matters most is how he stands in the eyes of God; and not in the eyes of his pastor or bishop. Naaman who was considered great and honorable in the eyes of his master was actually dying of leprosy on the outside and leprosy of the inside which is pride. Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” The pride in Naaman was exposed when he showed his anger against the prophet Elisha. Elisha sent him to wash in the Jordan river, “But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.”” Rage and anger are evidence of pride (leprosy on the inside). Naaman’s pride could have caused him to die as a leper. He was judged and considered as a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master but in the end, it’s how we are measured or judged in the eyes of God that counts., 

Prayer for today: I ask O Lord that you deliver me from every representative of leprosy and let pride not have a place in my life.