Today during my quiet moments, I came across the scripture Luke 6:42 which states, “How can you say... ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye?” These words from Jesus capture me. I can just see myself walking around telling everyone else how to live, while this huge old log is sticking out of my eye. Not a pretty picture...not pretty at all.
There are so many truths that God gives us which we plain and simply gloss over. We forget how many times we fall prey to talking about or finding faults in others. Our greatest witness is words supported by love. When there is a gap between what we say and how we live, suspicion will arise. Suspicion in the church is ugly. It leaves a rather bad taste in our hearts as we wonder if the church can be trusted.
I long to be a trustworthy person serving in a trustworthy church. This isn’t about being perfect but instead about recognizing the logs in my eye. By taking responsibility for these 2x4’s, I become trustworthy.
Do this little exercise. Over the next 24 hours count how many times you engage in thinking or talking about other's faults and imperfections. After you count the number, don’t beat yourself up. Instead recognize this may be one of your logs and ask God through His Holy Spirit to take away this 2x4 before it hits you up side the head. Ask your spiritual friends to help you.
Take out the 2x4. You’ll be amazed at how beautiful people around you really are when you remove the log.
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I know this verse well as when I was in college my friends and I would act like we are actually dodging a huge log comming out of one of anothers eye when we would make a ridiculing comment. Most infamously we were in a Pizza Hut when a friend said something and went from looking at one end of the table to the other and me and another guy fell out of our chairs to the floor trying to dodge this log! We all had a good laugh, and a couple stares!
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