We all have the tendency to be hyper critical of those who sin differently than we do. We can quickly point out what other people are doing wrong while ignoring our own faults. It has been this way since the Fall. Jesus spoke of it this way.

Matthew 7:3–5 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own 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 own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Even when our sin is much greater and more visible than our neighbor’s, we still focus on theirs. I recognize this tendency in my own life. I think we become comfortable in our own sins and dismiss them as no big deal, which allows us to justify our critique of others.

The truth we know from God’s Word is that we all have plenty of sin in our lives.

Romans 3:23 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”

We need to be careful to not just think of other people when we read those words. I need to understand those words hit me hard. Like a slap in the face hard. They are calling me to pay attention, wake up and REPENT.

When we repent, we take the plank our of our own eye, trust in Jesus and are assured of forgiveness. Listen to a little more of the context of Romans 3.

Romans 3:23–24 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

That is Good News for everyday.