Judgment That Kills

Exodus 2:14 - "But he said, 'Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Then Moses was afraid and said, 'Surely the matter has become known.'”

When we take God’s judgment into our own hands, the world goes into an uproar! Jesus told us "Judge not lest you also be judged" (John 7:1). However, He also told us not to judge by appearance but to judge righteously (John 7:24). Whenever we judge a person, place, or situation outside of God, we show the world we have nothing other than judgment to offer. Then, like Moses, we run away or retreat to our own frustration of trying to "right the world." It will often take time in the desert (40 years for Moses) to understand that judgment outside of God's bidding creates nothing but fear in us and anger in the world.

The beauty of God's judgment is that while men breathe it is always coupled with mercy. This, my friends, is the character of God. As ambassadors for Him, He never wants us to judge someone without giving them His alternate character attribute of mercy. Otherwise, like Moses, we will kill unsuspecting opportunities and cause a worse dilemma than before our feeble attempt.