12/09/2026
WHAT IF THE PROBLEM IS ME?
Scripture: Luke 6:39–42
“Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?”
Luke 6:39
Quote:
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
C. S. Lewis
Devotion:
Some of our most dangerous errors are the ones we hold with the greatest confidence.
Jesus asks, “Can the blind lead the blind?” The answer appears obvious. Yet the blind man in this passage does not know that he is blind. He has enough confidence to become a guide and enough certainty to direct somebody else. His sincerity will not save either of them from the pit.
Jesus then speaks of a man with a plank in his eye attempting to remove a speck from his brother’s eye. These are two pictures of the same tragedy: a person who cannot see his own condition has taken responsibility for another person’s direction.
This is where spiritual blindness becomes frightening. We can be wrong about ourselves while feeling completely right about everyone else. We call another person proud while defending our own pride as principle. We condemn their anger while describing ours as righteous concern. We demand that others examine their conduct while assuming that our intentions excuse ours.
The plank does more than obstruct our sight. It affects our judgement. Once the eye is distorted, even the speck in another person begins to look enormous.
Jesus says, “First take the plank out of your own eye.” That word first establishes heaven’s order. Before confrontation comes confession. Before correction comes examination. Before I ask what is wrong with my brother, I must allow Christ to ask what is happening within me.
Jesus does not teach us to ignore the speck. He teaches us how to approach it. A person who has stood under the searching light of God handles another person’s weakness differently. He comes without superiority because he remembers the plank from which grace
