Song of the Month:
Devotion/Bible Verses:
Do you toot your own horn? When you do something good do you want everyone else to hear about what a great job you did? God will lift you up in HIS timing, not ours. There are a couple Bible verses that talk about this very matter.
"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. Matthew 6:1-4"
"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:10"
The focus of our good deeds should be for God's glory, not our own. Do you want God to say your works were done in vain because they weren't done with the right heart? It is not necessarily wrong to want to be thanked and have people be grateful for the things we do, but that can't be the motivation for the reason we do things. If we are trying to please others, it is going to be pretty hard for us to focus on God. Don't worry, God will reward in due time...if not here on earth, than in Heaven above!
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9
Blessings and Prayers,
Deborah Allyn M.
HAPPY SPRING!!
