After taking long looks at fellow Christians: new, old, holy holy and superslacker kinds, I realise I can get so fed up when I see disharmony, nitpicking, judging and hypocrisy. Yet, what is more scary is while looking at other people look at others, I start to see them more and more in myself. Realising that I seem to be the chief of sinners masquerading as the holy spirit by trying to dish out personal convictions. I can’t help but stop being interested in anyone else’s life. How can a man judge and not be judged? Sigh, I think I’m very quick to hand them out without knowing in my actions and thoughts while hiding the notion of being a judge from myself.
“Its me, its me, its me oh Lord! Standing in the need of prayer..”
I actually thought of the following song while being stressed about work. How all things start to get into their places when you gain the big picture.
O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s a light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion—
For more than conquerors we are!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
And yet I thought of it in this context of looking to Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith. Not to compare or measure myself against others but to see my infinitely lacking self against God’s infinite righteousness.
I need forgiveness every day, every hour.
What do you see today? Someone else needing to get right? or just the man (or woman) in the mirror?
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