It seems like much of
the Church has gotten pretty careless in this area. With the ready accessibility of mass media,
there are so many who want to broadcast for the world to see their good
deeds. There is so much self-promotion
going on in the Church that one has to wonder what is really going on.
We like to be noticed and we want others
to be attracted to us. We want others to
want to support our endeavors. We want
to be the popular church in town. We
want others to know what we are doing.
In light of our verse
today, I wonder what the Lord thinks about the way we do things. I wonder how many of us do things that go
unnoticed. I wonder if the Lord is
pleased with our doings or if He has a problem with what we do because of why we
do them.
We like to be admired,
but if that is what motivates us in what we do, we are in deep trouble with the
Lord. The praise of man will be the only
reward we get for our labors. And, if we
are not careful, feasting on the praise of others may cause us to drift away
from the Lord and make it difficult to find our way back.
Whatever you do in the
name of Christ, be sure you do it for the Lord’s glory and honor and not your
own.
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