Judging
It is God alone who judges;
he decides who will rise and who will fall. ~ Psalm 75:7 (NLT)
After this, I heard
the altar shout,
“Yes, Lord God All-Powerful,
your judgments are honest
and fair.” ~ Revelation 16:7 (CEV)
Merciful Lord, you are the only one who can perfectly judge us. I'm sorry that sometimes I think of myself as capable of judging others -- and myself. I need to stop doing that. It is freeing knowing that judging is not my responsibility. It is life-giving knowing that when you judge me you don't look at how I have behaved. Instead, you look at how perfect your Son Jesus lived his earthly life -- and how he sacrificed himself on the cross. You judge me as though I were him. That is amazingly kind. Thank you! Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
