Are You Fearful Of Others Finding Out You Are Not Perfect? - Too Late!

Henry David Thoreau said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”  In general, most people are very aware of what is wrong with them. Most would like to fix what is wrong, but don’t have any idea of what to do to fix it.  Moreover, they don’t want others to know that they are flawed. Well, it’s too late, Baby!

Since you have spiritual understanding as a Christian, you know that what is wrong with you is that “all have sinned” …. “There is none righteous” … “all we, like sheep, have gone astray” … “we are jars of clay” … we have no hope. But for Jesus! So what do we do?  We try to hide our imperfections .. or at minimum make excuses for them.  We may even condemn those imperfections in others, as a way to keep the focus off of ours. 

Jesus spoke of the speck and the log.  (Matthew 7:3-5) “Why do you see 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,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.” 

The Apostle John wrote (1 John 2:16-18) “For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”

That is not to say that you should ignore sin. Or that there should not be consequence for sins.  But be careful about judging others.  God does that.  You, who have spiritual understanding, should see the struggle of the soul for what it is .. the need for Jesus .. new life in Him.  You were once lost but now your found .. was blind but now you see. 

How did Jesus respond to sinners?  He told them to repent .. to have faith in Him.  They did not all do that then … and they do not all do that now … Just be careful that you don’t sin in your eagerness to find fault in others.  In psychology the term is “projection”.  Where a person projects their shortcomings onto others.  It is easier .. less stressful if you can deal with your problem in someone else’s life. (Speck and Log)  In this case, the speck you see is merely a reflection of the log in your own eye.  The bottom line is that our focus is on ourselves and not on Jesus.  So stop looking at others, even stop looking at yourself, and look to Jesus.

 (Philippians 4:8) “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

It is an impossible task trying to be God.  So just be you, a sinner saved by grace. Don’t make excuses for your sin.  Don’t try to pretend that you don’t sin. Turn to God, confess and repent. Instead of showing the world what the judgement of God looks like, show them what Jesus looks like.