Misjudged

This week we went shopping for a large screen all-in-one computer and the young, long-haired sales clerk tried to guide us to a basic computer, rather than the larger, fully loaded computer. He reasoned that the bigger computers were more powerful than what we would probably need. He said, “The bigger computers with larger screens have more graphics. They are used more by people like designers and gamers…and they cost quite a bit more.” Bill and I laughed as we left the store. Did we look like we couldn’t afford the more expensive computer? Or, did the young man think that a computer with graphic capabilities would be wasted on us because it would be beyond our skill level? Similar situations can occur among believers and many of us are guilty of having, at one time or another, misjudged another person. With sarcasm Paul defended himself to the Corinthians when some false apostles challenged Paul’s authority, “But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super–apostles.” I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way” (2 Cor 11:5-6 NIV).