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Hi y'all hope all of you had a blessed week… I gotta share this once with all of you...
So today's word is from Matthew 9:18
While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before himand said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her,and she will live.”
(Verse 23-24):
When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this spread through all that region.
So we all know that Jesus was human just like all of us but the difference was that He did not seek fame, popularity etc. which is what most of us always want. We always seek to be seen, heard, noticed, get applause from people which is not right. Realise that Jesus actually told the crowd to get out before he performed the miracle. If it were most of us, we would have actually let the crowd stay there and watch us and get the fame but May God help us realize: Jesus brought the girl back to life after the crowd was outside.
We should avoid doing things/ministry and other things meant to glorify God for people or the crowd but rather do things for God who sees in secret. In MATTHEW 6:1 Jesus said "Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will LOSE THE REWARD FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN”.
Especially when praying! In MATTHEW 6:6 it says "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." The prayer that really matters to God is not the one at church where everyone has their own issues but rather in the secret place in your room where you get to talk to your God alone and He gets to talk to you too.
Last but not least, one major thing we should not do for the crowd is when we go to church. A lot of times we tend to forget that we are before God and we are to dance and praise Him. Most people hardly raise their hands concerned of how they will look to people, others can’t do their dance moves concerned of what people will think…
So today's word is from Matthew 9:18
While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before himand said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her,and she will live.”
(Verse 23-24):
When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this spread through all that region.
So we all know that Jesus was human just like all of us but the difference was that He did not seek fame, popularity etc. which is what most of us always want. We always seek to be seen, heard, noticed, get applause from people which is not right. Realise that Jesus actually told the crowd to get out before he performed the miracle. If it were most of us, we would have actually let the crowd stay there and watch us and get the fame but May God help us realize: Jesus brought the girl back to life after the crowd was outside.
We should avoid doing things/ministry and other things meant to glorify God for people or the crowd but rather do things for God who sees in secret. In MATTHEW 6:1 Jesus said "Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will LOSE THE REWARD FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN”.
Especially when praying! In MATTHEW 6:6 it says "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." The prayer that really matters to God is not the one at church where everyone has their own issues but rather in the secret place in your room where you get to talk to your God alone and He gets to talk to you too.
Last but not least, one major thing we should not do for the crowd is when we go to church. A lot of times we tend to forget that we are before God and we are to dance and praise Him. Most people hardly raise their hands concerned of how they will look to people, others can’t do their dance moves concerned of what people will think…
All these are limitations to stop us from truly worshipping God and we should remember that all that we do should be between you and Your God coz He is the one who will reward you but if you keep wanting fame/and getting so concerned on how people will think of you then, that is the only reward you will ever get from people and you will miss out on the big reward in heaven.
****THE amazing thing is that when you do things in secret just between you and God, the actions will announce themselves without you saying or doing anything like we see in Matthew 9:26. The report of this miracle swept through the entire countryside. Realise that Jesus did not go outside and shouted “I raised her!” but He did it while the crowd was outside and the miracle was still heard of in the whole countryside.
So May the Lord help us not to do things for The Crowd/People...but ONLY FOR HIM.
By: God’s servant
****THE amazing thing is that when you do things in secret just between you and God, the actions will announce themselves without you saying or doing anything like we see in Matthew 9:26. The report of this miracle swept through the entire countryside. Realise that Jesus did not go outside and shouted “I raised her!” but He did it while the crowd was outside and the miracle was still heard of in the whole countryside.
So May the Lord help us not to do things for The Crowd/People...but ONLY FOR HIM.
Amen!
By: God’s servant
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