The flight attendants always tell us to secure our mask before we assist our children, loved ones or anyone needing assistance near us. If we don't do this, we might cause our loved ones to not get the assistance they need because we are in the way or someone is caring for us rather than our loved ones. This works into our spiritual lives as well. We need to spend time with Jesus and make sure our spiritual mask is secure before we start trying to help someone else. In Matthew 7 Jesus shares about the log in our eye that keeps us from seeing clearly to help our brother remove the speck that is in his eye. When we focus on others without involving God, many times we miss the greatest blessings of all. We need to keep our eyes on Jesus and He will keep us seeing clearly so we can help others.
