Daniel 6:4 “Then the high officials and the satraps sought to
find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they
could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error
or fault was found in him.”
I read an enlightening
article that reminded me of my priceless cousin Laura, who taught me about the “flipping”
our perspective from the negative to the positive. Several Babylonian officials
were on a fault-finding mission to bring Daniel down. But they found nothing against
him. It is human nature for people to love finding faults in others. Ephesians 1:4 tells us, “He chose us in
him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy
and blameless before him.” Christians should be blameless ourselves, but
should not be looking to find fault in others either. By Matthew 7:1, We are told not to judge others nor point out their faults,
even though we are to judge between right and wrong based upon the Word of God,
preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage
with great patience and careful instruction - 2 Timothy 4:2, share the gospel of Jesus
Christ, making disciples of all nations – Matthew
28:18-20 and speaking the truth in love – Ephesians 4:15. But, judging should be left to the Lord.
Jude 14-16 See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands
of his holy ones to judge everyone,
and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against
him. These people are grumblers and
faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about
themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
We don’t always think about
it, but every commandment on the Bible also contains a commandment to “flip it”
and do the opposite good. Not only is it true that we are not to find fault (do
not judge), we are to find good. We are looking for good, godly fruit, so we
are “fruit inspectors”. We are looking for the good in people, so we are “good-finders”. Focus on what you are seeking.
Amos 5:14 “Seek good, not evil.”
Andrew Carnegie once said
that when gold is mined, tons of dirt are moved to get just one ounce of gold,
but they are not looking at the dirt, they are looking for the gold. The
faultfinder is looking for the dirt on people, and they never see the gold in
them. We have to become a good-thinker, a good-seeker, and a good-finder. Just think
of how many good things you could find about family, friends, acquaintances, neighbors,
co-workers, and your fellow man that you could bring to their attention and
thereby bless their lives. Be a good-finder for the Lord. Find good in people; find God in people.
In Christ, Brian
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When can you show us the pink moon is here
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