10/01/2026
Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the serpent. Saul blamed David. And we blame…?
Our family. Our husband. Our coworkers. Our circumstances. Our past. Our personality. Our pain. Sometimes, everyone but ourselves.
Jesus addressed this tendency to look for the speck in someone else’s eye while overlooking the plank in our own: “Why do you see the splinter in your brother’s eye but not notice the log in your own eye? … First, take the log out of your own eye; then you will see clearly, so that you can remove the splinter from your brother’s eye!” (Matthew 7:3–5 CJB).
Notice what Jesus doesn’t say. He doesn’t say the speck isn’t there. He says we can’t see clearly while refusing to acknowledge what’s in our own eye. That’s the danger of self-denial. Not simply denying that we have a problem, but denying our part in the problem. And sometimes the hardest person to be honest with is ourselves.
This month, we’re asking God to help us stop defending, deflecting, and denying and start allowing Him to show us what needs to change. Because breakthrough begins when we’re willing to see what Jesus already sees.
Are you ready to trade self-defense for self-awareness? It takes courageous faith to do it, but in Christ we can! Comment: Ready!
