The Hand of God

"With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again." - Luke 6:38

I knew a dear brother who was intensely critical. His favorite observation was: 'It was the hand of God.' Was someone sick? 'It is the hand of God on him,' he would say. Sometimes maybe he was right. But one day another brother, of whom he disapproved, lost his son, and, believe it or not, received a letter from this man saying, 'It is the hand of God on you!' I saw the letter and felt highly indignant that he should thus judge another. What was my horror, then, when within two weeks his own son was taken ill and died.

Then it was that temptation came to me. I took up my pen and wrote, 'My dear brother, I grieve with you in your bereavement, but if that man lost his child because the hand of God was on him in judgement, then what about yourself? Are you willing to admit that God's hand is on you?' It seemed about time this was said! I finished the letter - and then God rebuked me. Was not I doing the very thing I had disapproved of? His mercy had restrained me just in time. I tore up the letter. If I too would not reap, I must not sow!

A Table In The Wilderness (Watchman Nee 主僕倪柝聲弟兄)

Read the Scriptures: Luke 6