READ: James 2:11-13
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful! The merciful are blessed because of the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. That principle applies to mercy as well. Mercy for mercy! Love for love! Kindness for kindness! Forgiveness for forgiveness! We love Him because He first loved us!
Because you show mercy you are due mercy. Mercy will boomerang back to you and be multiplied in your face. Whenever you have a chance to show mercy, do not miss the opportunity. This mercy will be deployed one day when you need mercy.
The scripture tells you not to judge people because when you judge people you are going to end up being judged (Matthew 7:1). God would prefer that you do not judge anyone. When you do not judge anyone, you will not be judged. These are the words of Jesus Christ. Whenever possible, avoid passing judgment or commenting on things that do not need your opinion.
I always remember when God kept me from passing judgment on the leader of a Christian group who had fallen into sin. There was to be a meeting of an angry caucus of this fellowship one afternoon, at 2pm to deal with the brother. At one o’clock, I was struck with a bizarre diarrhoea which held me pinned down in my house from one o’clock till five pm. As soon as the meeting was over, the diarrhoea strangely stopped, just as suddenly as it had started. I would have ended my ministry by passing judgment on something I did not even understand.
By passing an unwarranted judgment, I would have set myself up for my own failures in the future. I was going to need mercy, and I did not need anything that would keep me from getting that mercy.