Good Morning Friends,
“While all the people were listening, Jesus
said to his disciples, ‘Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk
around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the
most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will
be punished most severely.’” (Luke 20:45-47)
The work of God is never about honor and reward
for the one doing it. That’s what the teachers of the law in Jesus’ day were
after. Perhaps their service to the Lord started out of pure hearts and right
motivations, but it deteriorated into something they were doing for what they
got out of it. They enjoyed the praise they received from others. They enjoyed
the special honors that fell to them. They loved to walk into rooms and be
noticed. They loved to be seated in the best places. They were hoping God was
watching, too, and would notice their service and reward them for what they
did. It was about them and about what they got out of what they did.
The work of God is always to be about God. It’s
about God’s message. It’s about God’s will. It’s about God’s honor. It’s about
accruing praise to Him and lifting His name before others.
As we do the work God has called us to do – no
matter what that work is – our role is to be His servants and deflect all
praise to Him.
I wonder what caused the teachers of the law to
lose their focus on the Lord. I wonder how many of us fall at times into that
same trap.
The focus is always to be on God – and not on
us.
His, by Grace, Steve
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