judging

Have you ever watched American Idol? Odds are if you are an American with cable television at some point you have sat down and watched this show. It's a huge hit with Americans of all ages, I am amazed at the number of people who watch it every week just to hear people sing, get critiqued and then voted on. It's a very simple premise and a very simple thing to pull off.
Some people tune in because they like to see musical performances, others because they like competition but I can honestly tell you that the majority of people turn it on because they like to judge. Let's face it we all like to judge at certain points in our lives. We all like to put ourselves in a position of power and decide whether we like someone or something or not. That is what American Idol does, it allows us the opportunity to vote on whether we like someone or not. Then, we pick up our phones and dial a number to vote on whether we like them or not.
1 Corinthians 4:3 I care very little if I am judged by your or by an human court;

Paul makes it very simple, he just doesn't care about anyone judging him in any way. He cares very little if people like what he does or not. All he cares about is if he is living for Christ or not. Is he sharing the Gospel or is he not. He wants to be judged by GOd and God alone. We need to put ourselves on that scale of simply wanting to measure up to what GOd wants us to be, not what the world says we should be.
The bottom line is this: each and every night we lay our heads down on our pillows and talk to God. Paul even goes on to say that he has a clear conscience but that he does not even judge himself.

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