It's easy to go through life without examining yourself or examining yourself honestly.

Whether intentionally or not intentionally.

"For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it."

(James 1:23-25 NLT)

Invite God to search your heart honestly.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life."

(Psalm 139:24 NLT)

Be careful not to judge others while ignoring yourself.

"And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?"

(Matthew 7:3 NLT)

Take personal responsibility in all things.

"Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else."

(Galatians 6:4 NLT)

It's easy to live without looking inward - but Scripture calls us to slow down, examine our hearts, and invite God to show us what we are or aren't doing as He desires.

Father,

Everyday You point our things I need to do better. Help me do them better.

Amen

— Dennis