Daily Devotional - June 12, 2025

6/12/25

Good morning, Beloved,

Matthew 7:3-5 NLT

[3]  “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? [4] How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? [5] Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

Sometimes it's far easier to focus on the small frailties of others and desire to get them on the right track while overlooking and/or being in denial about our own larger frailties. Christ Jesus is making the point that we are far more tolerant of our own sin than the sins of others. 

We can make excuses for our behavior, but we don’t give others that same grace. In doing this, we miss the bigger issue: before trying to fix someone else, we need to honestly face our own faults and deal with them first. Only then can we truly help others in a loving and humble way.

Clean the fog from your spectacles, then you can see clearly enough to see the need of others. Be humble, be loving , be on guard against operating in hypocrisy! 

Ciao Ciao!!!  (Laughter is good for the soul)

Maranatha (The Lord is coming)  
Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God Alone)

- Grace & Peace

Pastor Trent