By: Juan Tuset
This isn’t really a devotional per se, but it’s something that’s been on my mind for a while, and I think other Christians should be aware of…
Ever since this fiasco with Bishop Eddie Long started last year, I’ve seen a ton of people who claim to be Christian and walk in love and forgiveness GOING IN on him. Recently, I saw a picture on a friend’s wall with Eddie Long with some guy. The photo had hearts everywhere and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day. From Eddie Long.” Seriously? The picture I mentioned wasn’t half as bad as some of the others I’ve seen, but for whatever reason it was the one that made me want to write this. Below, I copied the message I sent to my friend after I saw the post:
mike, you mah dude, so i gotta tell you. that post you put up of eddie long ain't right man. yea, what he did was wrong on SO many levels. but he is still a man of God, and is still anointed for all either of us know. you not supposed to touch or speak wrongly of God's servants. just like when Saul was trying to kill David, and almost did more than once. David had TWO chances to kill him, but he wouldn't because he understood that it wasn't his place to punish him and he would not touch God's anointed one. and eventually God punished him in His own way. eddie long sinned against God, not you. so it's not yours or anyone's place to put him on blast like that.
The instance where David spared Saul occurs once in 1 Samuel 26:2-9, and in Numbers 12:1-12, we see the consequences that come from bashing God’s anointed ones when Miriam, Moses’ sister began to grumble about God only speaking to and through Moses (God struck her with leprosy). Clearly, we see that it is NOT ok to come against the Lord’s servants in anyway, even if you think they’ve done something wrong…
And just in case you think that Bishop Long’s actions prove that he was never anointed by God in the first place, guess what? That STILL doesn’t give you permission to bash and slander him, or anyone else for that matter. In Matthew 24:39, Jesus says that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, and I’m quite sure that you wouldn’t want all your business on everyone’s facebook wall. Your reputation would probably be completely shattered if all your friends knew about all the mess you’d done. Among all the characteristics of love outlined in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, the two that you need to take into account right now are the facts that love is kind and that love keeps no record of wrongs…
And if you STILL don’t agree with me, in John 8:7, Jesus spared a woman from being stoned for adultery after telling her accusers that “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” Take a moment to realize that there was One there Who was without sin, Jesus. He has the authority to judge all creation (2 Timothy 4), and even He didn’t throw a stone. Because Jesus came so that we might be saved, not to judge and ridicule us. As Christians, we’re supposed to live like Jesus, Who walked in perpetual love, forgiveness and grace. If you know that your life doesn’t completely line up with these scriptures, you should pray and ask God to help you to love like He does.
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