28/03/2024
VICTORY DIGEST
THURSDAY, 28TH MARCH 2024.
TOPIC: IT'S IN YOUR EYES TOO
SCRIPTURE:
Matthew 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
MESSAGE:
Most people, when they have a problem with someone else, focus on what that person did wrong. We think the problem will get better if the other person changes. Yet we need to focus on what Jesus said: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank that is in your eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your 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” – Matthew 7:3-5.
Jesus said we must first focus on our weaknesses and the changes we need to make. This is not to say that those around us don’t have faults, bad habits, and sins in their life. We all do, but despite that, God wants us to focus first on what we must do and how we can and must change.
The Bible says that we must overcome anger and not use it as an excuse to sin. Paul wrote, “In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold” – Ephesians 4:26-27.
Correction is good when you are free from the error you correct. What is correctable in others may be in you, too.
Nobody sees his or her eyes, but your eye can see other people's eyes, which makes it easy and quick for you to see other people's faults but your fault you can't see. You can't see your eyes except when you use a mirror, and that mirror is the eyes of another person.
You must live with the consciousness of the fact that the faults you see in other people may also be in you. It is in your eyes, too.
Always ask others to tell you the truth about yourself without offending. If you are offended by the truth about yourself, your change will never come.
PRAYER POINTS:
Father, let the Holy Spirit reveal my faults to me and help deal with them in Jesus' name.
Bible reading plan:
Job 14
Job 15
The month of MARCH is our month of LAUGHTER (Job 5:22).
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