Category: Doing Good Works

Matthew 6:3-4 (NKJV) 3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.

Doing something nice for someone, something out of the ordinary, always makes us automatically want to share it with others. It makes a good topic for conversation and it just gives us a good feeling. But there is something that we will need to be watchful for when we share.

For instance, are we sharing so we feel better about ourselves? Or to gloat about what we did? Are we sharing to try to get people to like us, look up to us or even accept us?

Any of these reasons can get us off track and away from the purpose behind doing what we are doing.

God may occasionally use our story, our testimony and charitable deeds to help others in their situation. Sometimes it is a wonderful and humbling time, even for us to reflect on as we share them and are reminded of His goodness.

The importance of waiting for Him to show us if and when He wants us to share them will help us share when it is most effective, and it touches people deeply.

Keeping our experiences and our good deeds secretly between us, the person we may have helped, and God is hard to do and takes discipline. But it is very rewarding.

Remember the next time we go about doing something good… don’t be so quick to tell everyone. Hold onto it. Don’t seek the praise and rewards from man.

Instead, thank God for the opportunity and share our excitement with Him, and He will reward us openly.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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