Matthew 23:25 First clean the inside of the cup and the plate that the outside also may be clean.

I am naturally externally oriented, along with all earthly proud and selfish beings. As long as I appear to be doing well, looking acceptable to those others around me, I feel pretty good about myself and my performance.

Yuck! Lord-overcome that shallowness, that facade, that thin veneer, and probe deep within. Give me pure cleansing, true character, the real person of Christ deep within. Jesus live through me from the inside out! AMEN