The Critics

When I left work, I stopped by the church for worship practice, which ended up getting cancelled, and sat in the sanctuary. It was dark in there besides the light behind the cross in the front. I sat in the back of the sanctuary and began to talk to God. For some reason I was compelled to pray for the Church. I felt the Holy Spirit lead me in a direction that I don't believe I have ever been and I began to repent for Christians and the Church for being critical. Too often we have made the mistake of being led by critical minds. We too often spend our weeks noticing all the "wrong" or "bad" things that happen or are happening and we spend more time thinking about those things than we do to the "good." For all the bad things in the world like hunger, pain, sickness and death there are good and wonderful things like love, joy, peace, faith and life. We tend to see the bad things as more critical and important than the good, when that isn't true at all! We criticise government and officials and we choose to focus on all of the negative points rather than see the good. Our president is a godly man with godly morals who listens to God! Isn't that something to be thankful for? There are bad things that are happening like abortion, but we need to remember to thank God for the good He is doing in our government. We should pray against and repent for issues such as abortion, but also take the time to praise God for the good He is doing!

Even in individual lives, people tend to store up all the bad that happens to them in clear jars and spend every day looking at them, ignoring the good God is doing. How sad. God's goodness outweighs all the bad. Love, joy, peace, and faith outweighs all bad. Hold a candle of faith up in a room full of death and the darkness of death cannot overcome the light of faith. Carry love into a sickroom full of hurting people and that love will breath into them life. Wrap your arms around a mother who has just lost her son and impart peace that will give her strength to wake up tommorow. Impart joy into someone who has lost everything and they will find something to be thankful for. Stop criticising like the Pharasee and the Saducee. Jesus brought life with His words even in the midst of the critics.