Examining Ourselves

-June 13, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Friday,

“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.”

(2 Corinthians 13:5).

Paul encourages the believers to examine themselves to make sure they are in the faith and look for potential blind spots. It is much harder to see our own weaknesses than to see the weaknesses in others.

The word examine is defined as, “inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.” The Greek word is doximazo, meaning, “to test, by implication to approve.” God desires us to be approved. He wants all to be ‘A’ students.

Have you recently examined yourself in the light of God’s Word? There are times when we are too hard on ourselves and other times we aren’t hard enough. The Word of God should always be our standard. When Paul was speaking of those eat the bread or drink the cup at the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner, he should, “Examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup” (1 Corinthians 11:28).

When we examine ourselves we must consider our motives as well as our actions and words. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11:31, “For if we judge ourselves, we would not be judged.”

Why is it so easy to see the speck in our brother’s eye, but so hard to see the see the log in our own eye? David, hundreds of years earlier prayed in Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” When we examine ourselves we must ask God to search us and expose us.

Have a blessed day and weekend. Stay safe and healthy.

Seeing ourselves through God’s eyes not our own. Holding ourselves accountable.

Dean