Recently I was asked the question, "Am I doing something wrong?" Generally when I’m asked that question what they’re really asking is, “Is God judging me for something?”
Here’s the truth. God doesn’t judge us like that. Our sins have already been judged in the person of Jesus Christ. When God sees the Christian He only sees Christ and in Christ, only righteousness.
God’s not up in heaven waiting to spank us for every little thing we do wrong. He does:
- train us
- chasten us
- discipline us
but He does that most often through the natural system He has put into place in this world.
Most often when a person asks the question, “Am I doing something wrong?” they already have the answer. It has something to do with
- an attitude that they have or with
- an action they are involved in or with
- an inaction that they are responsible for
This world has an established order; things that work and things that don’t work. Wise people learn those things that work. Wise people learn those things that don’t work. Wisdom is the application of knowledge. It’s putting into practice what we know to work successfully.
So The answer to the question, “Am I doing something wrong?” is, “Yes. and No.” If you’re having trouble in business or succeeding in life then, yes you’re not following that natural course that leads to success.
But if you mean, "Is God judging me?" and that’s why you’re having trouble in your life, the answer is no. The judgment for the Christian is already accomplished. God’s not judging you by
- making your business fail or by
- making your marriage fail or by
- making your children fail
Those are all consequences of poor choices that we’ve made or lack of knowledge that we have.
The good news is this means we can do something about those problems. We can gain the knowledge that we don’t have. We can change the behavior that we’re doing. We can adjust the attitude of our mind. We can gain the wisdom to apply what we know.
Sometimes what we’re doing is wrong in this world but right in heaven. When that’s the case we just need to suffer the consequences of our time in an unfriendly world. And in that case we know that God has a reward waiting for us in our new home in heaven.
Hang on to that.
