Yom Ri-shon, Adar 1, 6002 – February 18, 2018
What We See – The “b” Experience
Someone shared a story with me that demonstrates how we actually “see” what we observe. Seems he sent a message to his wife who was driving home late in the snow with their daughter. The message advised of the conditions of the road and to be careful. There was a space at the end and a lower case “b”. The next morning he noticed his wife had asked what the “b” stood for, telling him she thought he was calling her an inappropriate name. For those of you reading this, you are probably smiling, having had the “b” experience yourselves. This happens when a person tries to hit the “space bar” twice but accidentally slips and hits the “space bar” “b” instead, then sends without checking.
Upon hearing this story, I smiled. Then I thought about how this really reflects our life experience. Clearly, in this case, the person receiving the “b” in the text read something in to the message that was not present. If we all stop to think for a moment, likely we will be able to think of a time when we have “colored” something we saw or heard with additional meaning not actually present. This happens through our idea generator, our mind, through making decisions we call judgments.
James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Judging another judges the Law because we are making thought decisions about their intent of the heart. And if they profess to be a believer, then the Law is written in their heart and mind.
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
In the letter to the Hebrews we see this same thing.
Hebrews 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
So we can take comfort in the fact that we have in our hearts and minds written all that we need to walk after our Father. And we can obtain forgiveness at all times though asking and applying the sacrifice of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). If we will grab hold of our idea generator, our mind, and put it back on track, we can find our way to not judging. We can do this by the words we speak.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come to men. Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven, where you has peranently established Your ordinances. Send us today Your overwhelming provision that it might overflow from us to others. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Wipe away our thoughts and memories of the evil done to us or by us, and in their pllace let there be only thoughts and memories of You and Your love toward us. Restore unto Your people one thousandfold all that has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. Send in quickly the $424,523,962.53 that we might begin even today to promote the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). We ask all these things of You, Father, in Your name YAH. We ask all these things in the name YAH Yeshuah. Amen.