Gedanken zum Vers des Tages
Hast du je darüber nachgedacht, wie viele potenzielle Freunde du verloren hast, weil du sie nach dem ersten Eindruck, den du von ihnen hattest, verurteilt hast? Ich bin erstaunt, wie wenig uns der erste Eindruck über den Charakter einer anderen Person vermittelt. Denn wir werden uns nie ein korrektes Urteil über andere Menschen bilden können, bis der Herr in seinem Gericht die Inhalte ihrer Herzen offenbart. Meinst du nicht, dass wir ihnen Zeit geben sollten, den Inhalt ihres Herzens zu offenbaren, ehe wir über sie eine Entscheidung treffen? Darum sollten wir nicht nur auf die äußerliche Erscheinung schauen!
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Have you ever wondered how many potentially good friends you may have lost simply by judging them on your first impression of them? And how many people that you looked at that seemed to be remarkable, ended up turning out to be not very good people? I'm amazed at how the first impression we have of many people very seldom tells us much about their substance. We're not really going to be able to evaluate people properly until the Lord reveals what is really in their hearts at judgment. But we also know that what comes out of people's mouths and what we see in their behavior emanate from their hearts (Matthew 15:18-19). Over time, we do get to see what their hearts are about: their hearts reveal the person inside them. So, don't you think that we should give people time to reveal what is in their hearts before we decide about them? Let's not judge people prematurely by their outward appearances; let's give them time to reveal their hearts! And let's remember that God knows and will judge each of us by our hearts, and not by our appearances (Proverbs 16:2, 17:3).
Mein Gebet
Vater, du allein kennst jedes Herz. Bitte hilf mir, mit anderen geduldiger zu sein, bevor ich mir eine Meinung über sie bilde. Bitte schenke mir Augen, sie so zu sehen, wie Jesus sie sieht. Im Namen Jesu bete ich. Amen.
My Prayer...
Father, you alone know each heart. Please help me be more patient with others before forming an opinion about them. Please give me eyes to see them as Jesus does and treat them as I would love to be treated. Father, I don't want to make preliminary judgments about people, good or bad. Please help me be patient as I wait to see their hearts come to light in the way they talk to others and in their behaviors. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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