Judge Yourself First

Luke 6:41-42 (NIV) "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

As we begin this week’s devotionals, we start off with something that is very close to us all: judging others.

We like to point out the faults of others but are totally oblivious to our own. It seems to make us feel better when we can point out the faults of others. It gives a feeling that we are better than someone else.

As we begin this week, we need to put our minds and hearts in a place that is pleasing to God. We need to remember that it was Jesus who made himself mortal and died in a very humiliating way. So, when we want to point out the speck in someone’s eye, just remember we have one in our eye as well.

Prayer
“Dear God, thank you for all you do in my life. Please help me this week to understand that we all have faults. In order to help my brother, I must raise him up with praise, and not cut him down with words of hatred. Amen”