Hey! If we’re doing good shouldn’t we tell people? Jesus has some different guidelines; in case you were wondering. Jesus wants our entire life to overflow with his love. He wants to firmly embed his tap of living water into our hearts so that we may poor good things out to others. God’s goal is not that we simply ‘do acts of righteousness’. God’s true desire is that we act righteously because of our loving bond to Him and our desire to please Him by imitating the love He’s shown us.
So, why shouldn’t I tell anyone when I’ve done good? Jesus teaches us that God is not simply concerned that we are down here, acting right and doing good. He’s showing us that our Great Father in Heaven is just as concerned with the motives of our hearts and the things we do in secret. Our worst and darkest thoughts and habits are typically the things we do ‘in secret’. Since Jesus teaches us to be transformed and live holy lives it makes sense that he would call us to do good deeds in secret. Replace those old, evil secrets with righteous and helpful ones; and don’t even tell anyone. Don’t even create a circumstance for your heart to be anything less than pure.
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