Daily Devotion August 29

August 29: Luke 6:41-42

KJV Key Verse: Luke 6:42
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Devotion:
I can remember seeing movies about preachers threatening fire and brimstone against the gold miners in the old cowboy black and white movies... only to find out that the preacher would go and get drunk every night with the rest of them, or go off to do other unsavoury things behind the scenes. The sad part is many of us are still like that. We often tell others about how they should be doing things only to go about doing it the wrong way when they turn their backs on us.

Before we start to try and tell others how things should be done, we have to first examine how we are doing things to make sure that we are not being hypocrites! Jesus was able to tell us how to do things because of His perfect nature. Because He did do no wrong, He was able to tell us how to do things right. We get things wrong all the time and go off in the wrong direction time and time again; because of this we do not have the right to judge others.

But don't let that stop you! If you do see someone doing something wrong, there is nothing wrong with bringing that fact to their attention. There is nothing wrong with telling them they may well be doing things the wrong way, or that they are affecting others in the way they are doing things. But don't try to tell them how bad they are when you yourself are not up to scratch.

More often than not we do not see the mistakes that are in our lives until it is too late. We tend to bend the laws around us to fit into our way of thinking so we can live comfortably within them! What we should be doing is changing our lives to make sure we are doing things right first! Our actions will speak louder than our words!

Points to Ponder:
Do you know you’re not perfect?

Do you know God loves you the way you are?