Be careful not to do your "acts of righteousness" before men, to be seen by them. (Matthew 6:1)
First of all, I apologize for this late post. It was snowing a lot and ... I'm kidding. I hope you guys can forgive me. Snow has nothing to do with this. Anyways, after reading 'Religous Practices' (pg. 196), I personally don't find it hard being unostentatious about my acts of righteousness. Maybe it's not hard because there aren't many to look back on, but I find it much harder not to "dwell on it in a spirit of self-congratulation" as John Stott put it.
I am shame to admit that sometimes I find myself blaming God for not answering my prayers despite of all my good deeds or my piety. I set my own standards like this and let myself get discouraged if God doesn't meet my expectations. I think this is the biggest mistake I can make in my walk of faith. Who am I to set standards or have expectations when Jesus gave His all without asking anything in return?
I shall let God be the judge on my piety and my good deeds.
prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.(1 Peter 1:13)
I shall never be discouraged and trust God that he will answer and reward as he pleases.
Because anyone who comes to Him must believe He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrew 11:6)
Friday, February 1, 2008
God Will Reward You
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You made me look up the dictionary. "unostentatious"?
word of the day...indeed.
Anyways, this subject can be very confusing. Some of us are very humble, but I once heard that too much humility or modesty is also considered as "pride". And Jesus commanded us not to let our left hand know what our right hand is doing. Some of us, when our right hand is doing something, we even let our feet know what it's doing. I guess the important thing to remember is to check your motive?? Is this action glorifying God or myself?
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