The wonderful thing about God is that He sees all. And He knows all. He is Sovereign and not one thing escapes His attention. Not one car horn tooted too long and too loudly by a frustrated, road-ragy driver. Not one negative thought that marinates on our membranes but never escapes our lips. Not one rumor spread like wildfire. Not one iota. Nothing escapes His attention.
Don't get nervous. God created us and He knows that none of us are perfect. None of us are righteous. No. Not. One. We all mess up. And we will all face judgement.
That's why it's peculiar to me that we like to judge one another. We love to roast each other (not in the fun way that you do at birthday parties). No, we like to toss somebody on the flame and see how much we can cook up about them. That's disturbing in light of Romans 2.
From my trusty KJV, Romans 2:1 reads "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O Man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things."
And the church said "AMEN" while the rest said "OUCH!"
I encourage you to spend some time in the rest of Romans 2. It's only 29 verses long. You can read that in your carpool line or on your break or in your private time alone with God. It matters not where you read, only that you read it.
If I had to summarize it, perhaps I'd do it this way:
vs 1-16, God will give just judgment to each person according to what He has done
vs 17-29, God is interested in circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code.
You see, God will judge men by their work and their hearts - both Jews and Gentiles. So, then that means that we should not spend time trying to do God's job, but instead spend time doing our own. I've heard it said by a profound and prolific teacher, "All are guilty before God when He sees our heart." So let's work on getting our hearts right. Our own hearts. And let's leave the judgment to the only righteous One.
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