A Lesson in Humanity's Humility...

Have you ever noticed how we always look better to ourselves than we do to others? Why do we always think we are right for doing the same thing that we look down on someone else for doing? The bible clearly tells us that every man is right in his own eyes until his neighbor searches him out. In 2 Samuel 12 we see where David himself could not see his own sin, but was quick to hand out punishment to another.
2 Samuel 12 1-And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man...
You see, David had all that he could have asked for and he had been given and blessed tremendously, but that was not enough!
But David did something that very few of us do. When we have our faults pointed out by someone else, we usually respond by saying something like "who are you to judge me", "you're no better than I am", or "who do you think you are", but not David! He quickly realized that he was to blame and he had a problem, and he was wrong! He didn't try to rationalize what he had done or give an excuse. No David said "I have sinned against the Lord" in verse 13 and then Nathan reminded him of God's amazing grace and love by telling him, "The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.", and the reason he said this was because we see in Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
You see God wants us to do the right thing but when we fail Him, He doesn't fail us! In 1 John 1:9 we see, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
So the next time you go to point the finger at someone else's mistake, remember that there are 3 fingers pointing back at you and before you criticise another person for their shortcomings take a look in the mirror and ask yourself, "Am I were I need to be and am I doing all that I should be doing?" If not the acknowledge your failures, ask for forgiveness, and go forward into a bright new tomorrow...