Luke 6:41 “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?”
Is Jesus just ignorant of everyday life? Does He really expect an answer? It goes without saying that human nature is such that we tend to pick out faults in others we would never, or rarely, see in ourselves. But we see that Jesus was more than familiar with human nature. Our sinful nature is very well known to Him.
So then why the question? Isn’t the answer too obvious for even a rhetorical stab to make His hearers feel guilty? Was that even His intention? I think not. Jesus was not trying to solicit guilt, but to highlight the brokenness of the human condition. He was calling out a flaw that we just assume cannot be fixed. And yet, He came to fix flaws, to heal our spiritual brokenness.
Heavenly Father, could You make it any more obvious that Christ is the Savior? Is it just our stubbornness that keeps us from the truth? And we feel that we know the answer to that, even if we won’t admit it. We must have Christ. We need Him above all else. Thank You Father! In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.