One of THE MOST important things tocorrect within ourselvesif we want to gohigher, be more successful in whatever area we are tailored for, and be able to SUSTAINthat success, we must dealwith an inner judgmental attitude.Judgmental attitudescan be super sneaky! We canhave them in duplicate andnot even recognize it.

The reason we cannot betrusted with too much success until we deal with it, is because it will eventually make us so unattractive to all those who we need favor with to stay successful. Say for instance, a clinician....if he or she has an inner judgmental attitude, they're actions and persona alone will exude a disdain for those coming to their clinics who are far below them in expertise. Their patience level will be intolerably low and though they are teaching, it will be with a condescending air that leaves the student feeling hopeless instead of inspired. Isn't the WHOLE POINT of a clinician to teach those who are below his skill set? To be where he is, he NEEDS those with less ability. The trouble with becoming GOOD at something is that you are constantly aware of the flaws. The challengeis to be ableto judge the lesserquality WITHOUTjudging the individual!

If I don't attack thejudgmental attitudeswithin myself, I willinvariably judge othersfor their failureswithin the scope ofmy successes. Withoutdealing with ajudgmental attitude;an athlete will judgethose who aren't asgood as he is.....agood singer will judge alesser one......a skinny person will judge fat people.....etc, etc, etc. See??

I thought I was pretty "non judgmental" until lately as God is dealing deeper in me. Driving for instance....I am SO JUDGMENTAL over bad drivers!! I HATE trying to gather speed to enter the flow of traffic and some timid driver is sitting there with brakes on waiting for the entire population of vehicles to slow down to 45 so they can pull out! I can spend 15 minutes after an incident like that, simply activating an inner conversation of how inept a driver that person is!!Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying I should LIKE how they drive, but spending time inwardly judging the PERSON is where I'm screwing up. Bill Johnson said it wonderfully, "Your thought life is the offspring of who you commune with." No guesswork needed as to who I'm communing with when I do that!

Just the other day I was in Walmart.Yeah.....Walmart.....a place where our inner judgmental attitudes can be fertilized excessively. Two teenagers were talking and coming my way. When I looked up, I was actually taken back by the huge size of this one young girl. She had to have been close to 300#'s and dressed in clingy material. Before I could think "don't look Ethel"......I was under a tidal wave of disgusted, judgmental thoughts! I was actually SHOCKED at how judgmental I was towards this young girl and it convicted me. That girl is LOVED by my Savior!She has purpose and destiny in seed form inside her. Does this mean I'm supposed to accept as "ok" a substandard lifestyle?Not at all! But I mentally threw her under the bus simply because I wouldn't go to the barn looking like that. I didn't just judge a lack of quality in appearance....I judged HER! Whatever area we feel successful in, without dealing with inner judgment, we will use that as a platform to judge others! IF we want God to promote us higher.....a judgmental spirit within us MUST be defeated!