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Do Not Judge

Sometimes in life, people do things to us that seem, or are, unfair and the tendency is to try and get back at them - achieve some sort of poetic justice. I don't think that is what God wants us to do, for two reasons.

Firstly, if we consider the reason we feel unhappy or wronged, it will often be due to our hurt pride, and God doesn't love pride. So even in these trials, we have an opportunity to grow in our identities as children, made after God's own image. We have a chance to learn humility, practice patience and work on forgiveness.

The second reason, is because it is not our role to judge. We are not qualified to.
Romans 2:1-4 
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgement do the same things.  
Now we know that God's judgement against those who do such things is based on truth.
So when you, a mere human, pass judgement on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment?  
Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realising that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
In the end, we will all stand before the father to be judged. Our transgressors will stand and be judged for their sin, and we will be judged for ours. Till then, our role is to run our own race in the best way we know how. If we judge our brothers and sisters according to the law, then how can we seek to, ourselves, be judged according to the gospel of grace?

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