Lesson of the year: Do not judge

This morning, God revealed another judgment that I had made of a semi-stranger years and years ago. And today, I found out that I was wrong. I formed my judgment of him based on rumors--some of them probably true--but God showed me in a big way that I don't always see the whole picture. When I don't see the whole picture, I absolutely have no right to judge.

God is persistent. It's unbelievable that this person, C, reached out after all these years for a favor, not for himself, but for someone else who reminds me of myself in some ways. 

God has a way of bringing us to our knees. 

"Do not judge" has been a lesson that God has been teaching me for the past 11 months.

Would you believe it

I once witnessed with my own eyes how a lady was told by a stranger what she did in secret. A stranger who prayed for her said, "You have been going to fortune tellers. Please stop." She burst out crying and said, "I thought if I didn't tell anyone, no one would know." After I saw that, I thought, "This lady is going to have super-faith for sure." But it's not true. Three to four years later, she's still struggling to trust God to meet her needs.

And the funny thing is, I saw it with my own eyes, and I too struggle to believe that God will meet my needs! I can just imagine Jesus shaking His head at me. Smiling, but shaking His head.

"You saw that with Your own eyes, so why don't you have super faith??!"

Zechariah 1-2

Isn't ironic that prophets are confronted by images and visions that they don't understand? Prophecy is a gift that requires its receiver to stand on the grace of God. No human mind can understand God; God explains himself and no one can speak for God. His sovereignty is always whole.