CHANGING THE WORLD -Cindy Hess Kasper It’s a full-time job trying to get people to change. Oh, what a perfect world it would be—if only other people would do what we want! The key to the secret of change is: CHANGE THE WORLD— BEGIN WITH YOURSELF. Not what most of us want to hear! Jesus told a parable about the problem of not seeing our own faults. He said, “How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye” (Luke 6:42). Being able to see other people’s faults easily without ever noticing my own is not just an indication of hypocrisy. It can be a wake-up call that the problem in a struggling relationship may be me. Perhaps it’s my attitude that needs to change. Or I’m the one who needs to apologize. Maybe I’m the person who needs a humble spirit. It’s a lesson some of us have to learn over and over. We can’t change others, but with God’s help we can change our own behavior. And when our attitude changes, it may seem as if others have changed as well. To change can be a wonderful prospect, Though often it’s met with resistance; The transformation begins within us; And will take a lot of persistence. —Hess When God works a change in us He can change others through us. Luke 6:41-45(GNT) 41 “Why do you look at the speck in your brothers eye, but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Please, brother, let me take that speck out of your eye,’ yet cannot even see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brothers eye. A Tree and Its Fruit 43 “A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit. 44 Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes. 45 A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart; a bad person brings bad out of his treasure of bad things. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:29:01 +0000
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