Wednesday October 31 2012:
James
5:9. “Don’t grumble about each other, my
brothers and sisters, or God will judge you.”
The temptation to grumble
about someone we know is fierce and happens often! It makes us feel superior and better than
them but it is sin!
Instead of grumbling, we are
to build others up, speak only good to them and about them!
I have attended prayer
meetings and witnessed them being used as gossip sessions in the name of asking
for prayer for a particular person. We know, it is not necessary to be detailed
about someone else’s problems. God already knows about their problems and all
the details, it is not our responsibility to discuss them at length. A simple request for strength or courage or
health or wisdom, whatever the area is, is all that’s required.
We also must not grumble to
one another about someone else or we will be judged by God, is what James tells
us. Keep our complaints about someone
else to ourselves or just be available for that person to come to you and talk
if they desire to do so.
Prayer for
today: Heavenly Father, I thank you for also being a God of
judgment as well as merciful and gracious and forgiving. We are to reverence you and “fear” you in a
reverent way. One way is to obey your
precepts and listen to your inspired Word.
Help me to speak only good about others and not to grumble about anyone
else. In Jesus name, Amen.
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