“In Discipleship Journal, Don McCullough wrote:
"John Killinger tells about the manager of a minor league baseball team
who was so disgusted with his center fielder's performance that he ordered him
to the dugout and assumed the position himself. The first ball that came into
center field took a bad hop and hit the manager in the mouth. The next one was
a high fly ball, which he lost in the glare of the sun and it bounced off his
forehead. The third was a hard line drive that he charged with outstretched arms;
unfortunately, it flew between his hands and smacked his eye. Furious, he ran
back to the dugout, grabbed the center fielder by the uniform, and shouted,
“You idiot! You've got center field so messed up that even I can't do a thing
with it!””*
Have you ever met someone who is never wrong? What a trial it is to have to deal with such
a person. The Bible tells us that there
is more hope for a fool than the one who is wise in his own eyes (Proverbs
26.12). Be it the sluggard (Proverbs
26:16) or rich man (Proverbs 28:11), the person who cannot see their own flaws
has serious “I” problems. Jesus
illustrated the problem this way: “Why do you look at 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,’ and behold, the log is 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” (Matthew 7:3–5).
No one is perfect.
No one always does it right. It
would be good to remember that the next time we are tempted to be critical of
another’s efforts. Lord, please help us
to avoid “I” problems.
God loves you!
Mike
*Wake Up Calls, Ron
Hutchcraft, Moody, 1990, p. 46
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