Being self-focused brings pride or depression It can lead to self-pity, hatred, fear, and deception Magnifying one’s self only magnifies one’s faults Or even worse, you feel above as pride exalts
Likewise, do not keep your gaze fixed on each other Both good and bad you will find in your brother Jealousy, competition, and worthlessness are born Leading to hatred, resentment, pride, and scorn
Instead keep your gaze fixed intently upon Me Examine Me closely to find grace and mercy It will take eternity to perceive all My glory Magnify Me to escape self-important vain-glory
Take control of your thoughts, make them subject to you Keep your gaze upon Me and My Presence pursue Feed your faith with My Word and it will surely grow My promises and rewards I will freely bestow
Love you will then find and be able to share Of your brother’s sins and faults you will not be aware Love is always the most excellent way It leads you from darkness to never-ending day
Debbie Furey February 14, 2023
1 John 3:2 – “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
Romans 8:29 – “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 – “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
Matthew 14:22-36 Luke 18:9-14 2 Peter 1:3-11 1 Corinthians 13
