3 “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? 4 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? 5 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".
In Matthew 7:3–5, Jesus reminded us not to be hypocrites and blame others but look at our own faults and limitations first.
It is in our human nature not to accept blame for something gone wrong and pass it on to someone else. Adam did it; Eve did it; Moses did it; Aaron did it ( Exodus 32:1-8); Saul did it; and, we do it all the time. Believe it or not, sometimes we even blame God! Why did God allow this to happen, is a question many have asked, including from Jesus' time (John 11, 37-38). Another favorite these days is: "God, I tried to wait but you’re not moving fast enough so I guess I’ll have to do it myself.” So, when we act, or fail to act according to God’s will and it doesn’t work out, it’s God’s fault. A lot of people, if not all, when facing some misfortune or loss, say "It's God's will". How soon we forget Jeremiah 29:11! (“'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. '”). Maybe one could simply say - "Yes, this has happened, but God will see me through in His grace and in His time".
The reality is we’re to blame if we don’t seek God’s direction or accept God’s timing.
Self-righteousness can blind us to our own flaws while we amplify the flaws of other people or a situation. It also blinds us to any other will but our own.
The problem is when we face the Lord who and what will we blame?
Remember, shifting the blame does not shift the consequences.
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