No More What?
Matthew 7:1-5 (Amplified Bible)
1DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. 2For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you. 3Why do you stare from without at the very small particle that is in your brother's eye but do not become aware of and consider the beam of timber that is in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, Let me get the tiny particle out of your eye, when there is the beam of timber in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first get the beam of timber out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the tiny particle out of your brother's eye.
1 Corinthians 11:31-32 (Amplified Bible)
31For if we searchingly examined ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition], we should not be judged and penalty decreed [by the divine judgment]. 32But when we [fall short and] are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined and chastened, so that we may not [finally] be condemned [to eternal punishment along] with the world.
Today's Message In the Music is No More Drama by Mary J. Blige. There is a line that states "I don’t know Only god knows where the story ends for me But I know where the story begins It’s up to us to choose Whether we win or lose. And I choose to win. No more pain, No more games, No more drama(no more drama in my life, no one's gonna make me hurt again). No more in my life."
"I recently posted this Buzz comment on all my pages (Facebook, MySpace, Tagged, Yahoo and Gmail) after several conversations with female friends from around the country who were encountering this issue: "I love when people (especially men) say I am drama free or no more drama, in their lives, because they are really confessing where they are at...Be true and say bring the drama, because that is what I thrive off of. Stop trying to be who you are not so you can stop being accused of not being what you aren't…It is FRUSTRATING to all of those of us who have to deal with you."
I received a lot of positive feedback from men and women, but one of my male friends was offended. This comment was only meant as an expression of an opinion and observation not just by myself but by those I have interaction and have encountered, but for his discomfort and offense, I apologize. As I reviewed all of these sites and others like it, I observed that not once did I see a woman’s profile, making these declarations "No more drama or Drama free" on their page. The standard that we confess is one we should be willing to live by. If we want to announce to the world that we do not tolerate certain things in our lives, and we judge others by a standard that we have, then we open ourselves up to being scrutinized and judged in those same areas, by that same standard. That is why it is important not to judge, as Matthew7:1-2 declares “judge not lest ye be judge for with the same measure you judge you shall be judged.” God also declares He detests unbalanced weights and measures, this is not just in business, but it is in life and in the way we deal with and handle one another. Our expectation of others cannot be one thing and then we give or live by another set of standards and expectations.
Last night in Bible study Minister Northam dealt with "confess your faults one to another, so that you "may" be healed." That the condition to release us from our place of pain, drama, and disease is not to make others the issue, but for us to realize who we are and what issues and drama we have. Then we must choose to confess it and then pray, but not just any prayer one that exhibits our urgency and commitment to change. Then we should make the choice to judge ourselves and allow God to fix what is broken within us. But healing just doesn’t happen we have to realize that for some of us we have been in a place of dysfunction, drama and misalignment so long that we need accountability and help for us to be able to get free from the drama, disease, sin or unrest. I use to say I wanted a stress free life, but I have since learned that for me, a certain amount of stress is healthy to motivate me, to push me to get things done, but until I came to grips with that I could not get a handle on the area of stress in my life at all. I had to be real with me first and what made me who I am, what portions were healthy for my make-up and then face the portion I needed to get rid of. Then I was able to approach God and get released and in a healthier place.
Our Bishop recently said God is calling for Holiness or Hell in us, there is no gray area. If we read the Word of God, study the Word of God and live the Word of God, then we close the door to confusion about who we are and what we desire for our lives. If we give control over who we are and yield totally to God then we would stop placing unreal expectations on people and realize that God does not do that to us, because if He did we would be in trouble, and miss the mark regularly. Life is messy, primarily because of the sin nature, our flesh and pride and all that it brings to the table, even when we accept Christ, we have to learn to kill the flesh all day long!
So let us leave the judging, standard setting and dictating to God! It is our job to live the standard that God has outlined in His word and not to compromise it…Know we are All broken in some areas it is our job to pray, get us straight and then help others(if they are our assignment), but it is NOT our assignment to dictate, judge and scrutinize, anyone but ourselves, because most likely if we are doing these things, it is an all too familiar place to us and we live on that street as well, or frequently visit it, because of our own unresolved issues. Give it all over to God and let Him eliminate the pain, the drama, the disconnect and bring you into a place of peace, rest, healing, comfort, and accountability so we aren't looking for anyone to eliminate our issues but we are looking to God to bring about change within us and others.
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