Toot Toot

If we played a highlight reel of all the good deeds we have done, they would still be as filthy rags before God. It may get you a high water mark of Facebook likes, or maybe even some record holding retweet status. I'm sure in all of our horn tooting, we would receive loads of praise, but our hearts would have none. There's a difference between testifying of God's goodness and glorifying of our works.  The Scripture says this:

Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.  Matthew 6:1

So, whether you are giving money, time, or encouragement, make sure you give praise to the One it's ALL about.  Let us not boast about what we have given, but what we have received.

The old life is gone, a new life begins. A fresh start is created new.


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