The early part of Lent devotes itself to a change of heart, a conversion of life. We are called to cast aside self-rigtheousness, and humbly accept our own sinfulness. It's so easy to fall into the trap of looking at others and the"mess" they have made of their lives, and like the Pharisee praying in the tenple, thank God for not making us like "these others." As Satan used various ruses to tempt Jesus in the desert, so too he uses various lenses for us to see others, always it seems, revealing their weaknesses and failures and magnifying our "virtue". His trick is to blind us to the truth, and to cover our offenses with a false picture of ourselves. We can easily forget that God loves the "sinner" and is at work in all of us who are far from "finished." So, before we fall in worship of ourselves and condemnation of others, we need to ask Jesus to help us see our own sinfulness and throw off the temptation to make light of our need for conversion and concentrate the need others have to "fix" their lives. Lord, drive Satan and his tricks away and have mercy on me a sinner.
Bro. Rene
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