Matthew 7: 1-5 MSG “Don’t
pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults – unless, of
course, you want the same treatment.
That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s
face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, “Let me wash
your face for you,” when your own face is
distorted by contempt? It’s this whole
traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part
instead of just living your part. Wipe
that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to
your neighbor.”
Perhaps you can
associate with me, sometimes you seem to have all the answers and you assume
people are just not as smart as you think you are. Or you may know someone that is the “Know-it-all”
person when you start saying something
they will end the story with something that happened to them.
But then you notice
they have so many faults and you just want to point it out to them but in the meantime, you have even greater problems.
I have had to deal with
myself for a very long time and fault finding was one of the things that I was
a master at. The slightest thing and I would be in
your face, never mind all my own faults.
I was according to me, perfect and the rest of the people weren’t on the
same page.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, please
Lord, forgive me for my over zealous judgement of other people and their problems. Help me to first investigate my own life
before I deem it my business to check
others. Forgive me for being such a
fault find and not a love seeker. In the
name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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