11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Dan's Thoughts:
Any time the Bible reminds me that God is God, and I am not, I think often about the story Jesus tells where he tells the man to remove the plank of wood from his own eye before he deals with the speck of dust in his neighbors eye. Who am I to judge people? Aren't I called, instead, to love people? That doesn't mean I'm supposed to embrace the sin of my neighbor; but I am supposed to not let that sin be a reason I lose my witness to that person. Who do you need to stop judging and start loving today?
Questions For Reflection:
1. Which verse stuck out to me the most? Why?
2. What is God telling me through this passage?
3. What transformation in my heart needs to take place because of what this passage means?
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