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Thursday, February 15, 2024 Last Full Measure Of Devotion Scriptures: Genesis 3:8-9 (NASB) – “They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” Matthew 7:2-4 (NASB) – “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, the log is in your own eye?” Message: One of Jesus’ strongest teachings is against our tendency to judge others as we ignore our own flaws. It is about our wanting to notice a speck in someone else’s eye, while being unable to see the log in our own eye. Maybe we are still hiding among the trees in the garden, hiding from the loving, forgiving presence of our Lord. Jesus was willing to help us remove the log in our own eye. By hanging on a tree, He gave the last full measure of devotion to the Father and to us to help us take the log out of our own eye. Why then is it so hard for us to step out of the judgments we are hiding behind? Why do we allow the log in our own eye to keep us hidden when God asks, “Where are you?” Prayer: Father, thank You for sending the Lord Jesus to find us and to help us to remove the log out of own eye and to be useful and pleasing to You and to Your kingdom. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Jeanne and Gary Farmer |
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