What are my character flaws and deficiencies? What are the weak areas in my character?

I know that whatever the total count is to those two questions that I am really only aware of a small number of them, and that I am blind to the majority of them. That statement I wish with all my heart wasn’t true, but I know that it is. I have many blind spots, character flaws, deficiencies, and bad ways of acting and talking that I am totally unaware of.

That statement makes me very sad, and at the same time, it makes me very nervous about what I could do and the hurt that I could cause and not even know it.

The best solution to this blindness problem is to faithfully read God’s Word every day.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

When I read, memorize, and meditate on the Word of God I need to pray and ask God to show me what He would like to change in me, that He would use His Word as a mirror for me to see myself accurately.

Another key to seeing our own blind spots is that whenever I see or hear things in those around me that I am critical of in my mind, I need to examine my own life carefully in the same area. It is an interesting bit of human behavior that those things that we are weak in we tend to see most accurately in others.

Matthew 7:3-5 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

A third thing that is super important is that I must want to grow and discover what needs changing in me. Not a casual interest, but a consuming want that drives us to seek holiness with all diligence. Most are just interested in being accepted by people rather than being approved by God.