DDD: Correcting the Foolish: Humility Before Influence

A Devotion for your drive into work: 

What if correcting foolishness in others starts with a prayer—“Lord, circumcise my heart”—so that every word is shaped by humility, self-reflection, and grace, not pride or frustration?

Does correction flow from a spirit of superiority, or from a broken and surrendered heart that seeks God's glory above personal vindication or being right?​

Drawing from Romans 2 and Isaiah 57, this teaching urges believers to look inward before attempting to correct others—seeking a "circumcised" (transformed) heart and lowly spirit that God can use powerfully in the public square. The devotional warns against arrogance, idolatry, and the temptation to place anything above God, promising that God’s peace, healing, and effective witness are reserved for the contrite and humble. When hearts are first surrendered, correction and guidance become instruments of restoration and blessing, not control or contention.

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