Will you be judged?

Take a looky here and tell me what stands out:

Psalm 1

BOOK ONE

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.


What got you?

Wanna know what stuck out for me?
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

So the wicked, those who are not followers of Him, will not be judged. Hmmm...

They won't be judged because they will automatically be tossed away, set apart from Him and destroyed automatically because they will not have.....
Someone to defend them.

I just think, what if I were to go before a judge and had no lawyer? No defender? I wouldn't know the first thing on how to defend myself....I mean I know basic laws, but the ins and outs, the rules, the regulations? Sheesh! No way dude! I would ramble something off, sit down, cry and the judge would just say, "Toss her!" I would have no way to defend myself because I have no clue how to, or what exactly I would need to defend myself from. The judge would have a list of stuff on me and I am sure I would have at least half of it forgotten because I would be so focused on a few of them I was sure I didn't do. YIKES!!

So...I would be tossed with nothing to spare...no thought to it....no time in front of a judge to even get the opp to BE JUDGED.

Unless, I had a lawyer who was willing to bat for me...someone who believed that I was worth fighting for. Who would say "Yes, we know what she did, but we can still let her be part of this society by ___." He would find a way for me to get some consequences but overall, not be tossed like trash, but rather be redeemed.

Yes, you know where this is going...

Jesus is THE lawyer. THE defender.

He does that.

If He isn't your Redeemer, Saviour, Friend and LORD, God the Father will not even look at your case. He will just toss it out - no one to plead your case? You must and HAVE to deserve what is coming at you and no freedom for you. No time for mess, no time to even judge to see if there is a case. Just toss it out. Let you fend for yourself out there in the battle - let the bad and ugly get you, cuz the Good ain't gonna give two hoots about you cuz you are not part of that side....you are "one of them".

But choose the redemption of Jesus, the LORDship of him over your life, knowing He took it for you and STILL defends you to His Father....trust Him and let Him by His Holy Spirit rule, guide, direct, comfort and be in you, His Father will see His Son in you rather than the mess you really are.

Then at that time, God sees that there is someone before Him with a Defender. And He sees this case is worth trying, worth working on, worth redeeming, worth the new life that can be offered. Ya, consquences will occur, but it is worth it, cuz once the consequences are worked through...you still have a new life. He just needed you to see what it was worth...

Your life is worth it to Him. I mean, He took the punishment. Punishment is death.

So, do you want to be judged?

Looking at this bit of scripture puts a different spin to things in my head. Maybe it does to you...maybe it doesn't.

Here is one thing that got me:
I am going to be judged. I am going to be judged cuz I have a Defender

I CAN'T judge others...here is who REALLY can't be judged: those who don't know Jesus. No way. You can't shake your head, smack your lips, tsk tsk...nothing. They are tossable material right now. BUT I long for them to be redeemed. How can they be redeemed when they don't know who will protect them from this tossing? Must run full throttle towards those who are being tossed.

I see those who are about to be tossed....I promise they are worth gold, silver, jewels.....just they don't know that yet.

Let's show them how much they are worth.

Let's share with them our Defender....