RENDER TRUE JUDGMENTS

Zachariah 7:9 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, 
show kindness and mercy to one another…”

The Lord of host has spoken and thus it is our responsibility to obey. The commandment of the Lord is sure, steadfast and simple. He is not giving out unachievable commands but that which are simple enough for every ordinary person who loves the Lord to obey and walk in it. He is asking us to do two simple things and they all have to do with our attitude in our every day exchange of life with fellow human. He is asking us to render true judgments, and to show kindness and mercy to one another.

What exactly does that mean? What is “render true judgments”? Render means cause to be, turn into, or provide. So the Lord is commanding us to make sure that every judgment given must be true and just. We are not to be quick to judge or freely judge which is to be presumptuous, gainsaying or speculating. It is so easy to make judgment. It is not right to judge another person’s motive or the motive of a person’s heart. We can’t possibly look into their heart and “know” what they are actually thinking or scheming. We must be kind and merciful instead. We must take the side of a person who may not know the whole story.

I think it is definitely safer to be kind and merciful than to make judgment when we don’t know it all. So judge not and you will not be judged. Jesus’ advice is simply that the measure you use to judge others will be the measure use by others to judge you! Follow the simple admonition of the Lord – “Render true judgments, and to show kindness and mercy to one another.” Let us be just and fair in our assessment of a situation. And when there is a shadow of doubt show kindness and mercy rather than fall into the trap of rendering false accusation!