Matthew 7:3-5

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? “Or how can you say to your brother, `Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

I can’t help but think of a scene from “The Odyssey” where Ulysses has to deal with the giant Cyclops.  He got into trouble when he landed on an island with beautiful trees full of fruits and nuts.  Ulysses allowed himself to be distracted from his mission.  In the process two of his sailors were eaten by the Cyclops. Overnight, Ulysses and his me sharpened a tree trunk and used it to blind the sleeping giant.  Then they snuck away the next day.

How many times do we allow ourselves to be distracted by a land full of tasty morsels.  Food is a particularly effective temptation for me, but there are many ways I can be distracted.  It is when I am distracted from my goals that it is easiest to find something to criticize in somebody else.  My mission in life is to glorify God by helping people answer God’s call, but when I get distracted from that goal, I also distract others from their goals.  Then I criticize them for being distracted a little, but it’s me who caused their distraction.  I’m not blinded by Ulysses’ tree trunk, but by something more attractive, more deceptive.  And the distraction comes because I have taken my eye off the mission God has given me.  And until I deal with the HUGE distraction by which I have been sidelined, I cannot address the minor one my neighbor is wrestling.  That log may not be sharpened, but it has blinded me to what God wants in my life.

I’ll pray for you, and will you please pray for me.  Pray that He’ll help us see the log in our eyes, and keep us in line with the mission He has given us in this life.

Thanks for taking time to read this!

Stevene

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