Luke 6

"Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye." (Luke 6:42b)

"For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45b)

We all have our own perspectives of things. These perspectives develop based on our own upbringing, our own experiences, and our own personality.

When perspectives stay around for too long, they no longer stay as mere perspectives; they become like truths to us. And so when we allow perspectives to hang around for too long, we forgot that they are only our own perspectives of things, not the universal truths about things. We forgot that we are probably the only ones who think of certain issues this way, not everyone.

When our perspectives become like truths to us, have we ever consider that this is the plank in our eye that the bible talks about?

Our own perspectives of things are like a certain conclusion that we made in our own heart regarding certain issues. And these form a platform as to how we view things. We say that there is a speck in our brother's eye. But perhaps it is because we cannot see clearly due to the plank in our eye.

Why not try removing that plank first? That is, removing our perspectives about certain things. We may argue that they are just harmless viewpoint that we hold, but like I have said earlier, the longer they linger in our hearts, the more we think about them, the more they become like little truths in our hearts.

Yet, the truth is they are merely our own biased viewpoints. And these will affect how we speak, or what we talk about. From our words, people will learn of our biased viewpoints. If they take the time to correct you, then blessed are you! If not, they might just depart from you.... Thank God I was blessed.

I have got to remove the plank in my eye first. I have to ask God to take away all previously-conceived perspectives about things - about the church, the people, the activities....

I have to learn to start afresh each day.

Perhaps then I will realise there is no speck at all in my brother's eye.