05/12/2018
DSR 05/12/2018.
STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
""FULFILLING YOUR MINISTRY""
TOPIC: AVOID EYE-SERVICE
TEXT: MATTHEW 6:1-6.
1:Take care not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward [reserved for and awaiting you] with and from your Father Who is in heaven.
2:Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already.
3:But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4:So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly.
5:Also when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already.
6:But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.
In trying to fulfill our ministry, one of the things we have to avoid is seeking to please .an and not God. Often times, the way God sees things is different from the way men do (Isaiah 55:8). All we need is to make sure that God is leading us, and then we go ahead to implement the ideas. When we walk with the sole aim of attracting the praise of men, we miss out the praise of God. The Pharisees were good at this and Jesus sharply rebuked them. We should not fall into the same error with them. The emphasis at all times should be to please God.
PRAYER: Help me dear Lord to seek only to please you in all the labour of my life.
FURTHER STUDY: Matthew 23:5-12.
REFLECTION: Your obligation is to please the one who gave you the ministry.