OUR DAILY BREAD : SUPERNATURAL SURVEILLANCE
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:16 pmApril 4
Thursday
SUPERNATURAL
SURVEILLANCE
READ:
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
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Your Father who
sees in secret will
reward you openly.
__Matthew 6:18
_________________________________________________________
Not far from my house, authorities have rigged a camera to snap pictures of drivers who race through red lights. The offenders later receive in the mail a ticket along with a "red-light photo," which is visual proof of their traffic violation.
Sometimes I think of God in the same way I think of that camera__He's up there, just waiting to catch me doing the wrong thing. While God does see our sin (Heb. 4:13), He sees and takes interest in our good deeds as well. Due to His supernatural surveillance, God sees the size of our sacrifice when we give money to the church or to those in need (Mark 12:41-44). He hears our private prayers (Matt. 6:6). And when we fast, we can carry on as usual being assured that our "Father...sees in secret" (v.18).
Knowing that God sees everything frees us from thinking about the watchful eyes of others. When we do what is right, we need no applause from onlookers; when we sin, we do not need to worry about our reputation once we settle the issue with God and anyone we've harmed. We can rest knowing that "the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him" (2 chron. 16:9).
__Jennifer Benson Schuldt
Lord, thank You for Your all__seeing nature. You know
everything I think and do. Help me to value Your
approval and live according to Your standards,
no matter what anyone else may think.
__________________________________________________________
Others see what we do, but God sees why we do it.
********((Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18**************
1 Take heed that you do not
do your charitable deeds
before men, to be seen by
them. Otherwise you have no
reward from your Father in
heaven. 2 Therefore, when
you do a charitable deed, do
not sound a trumpet before
you as the hypocrites do...
that they may have glory
from men. Assuredly, I say to
you, they have their reward.
3 But when you do a
chritable 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.
5 And when you pray, you
shall 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 men.
Assuredly, I say to you, they
have their reward. 6 Buy you,
when you pray, go into your
room, and when you have
shut your door, pray to your
Father who is in the secret
place; and your Father who
sees in secret will reward you
openly....
16 Moreover, when you fast,
do not be like the hypocrites,
with a sad countenance. For
they disfigure their faces that
they may appear to men to be
fasting. Assuredly, I say to
you, they have their reward.
17 But you, when you fast,
anoint your head and wash
your face, 18 so that you do
not appear to men to be
fasting, but to your Father
who is in the secret place;
and your Father who sees in
secret will reward you
openly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>insight<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Much of Jesus' discussion of behavior is rooted in a person's
motives. Good deeds are not merely acts; they should be acts that are born ot of proper motives__to honor God and to help others.
Thursday
SUPERNATURAL
SURVEILLANCE
READ:
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
_________________________________________________________
Your Father who
sees in secret will
reward you openly.
__Matthew 6:18
_________________________________________________________
Not far from my house, authorities have rigged a camera to snap pictures of drivers who race through red lights. The offenders later receive in the mail a ticket along with a "red-light photo," which is visual proof of their traffic violation.
Sometimes I think of God in the same way I think of that camera__He's up there, just waiting to catch me doing the wrong thing. While God does see our sin (Heb. 4:13), He sees and takes interest in our good deeds as well. Due to His supernatural surveillance, God sees the size of our sacrifice when we give money to the church or to those in need (Mark 12:41-44). He hears our private prayers (Matt. 6:6). And when we fast, we can carry on as usual being assured that our "Father...sees in secret" (v.18).
Knowing that God sees everything frees us from thinking about the watchful eyes of others. When we do what is right, we need no applause from onlookers; when we sin, we do not need to worry about our reputation once we settle the issue with God and anyone we've harmed. We can rest knowing that "the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him" (2 chron. 16:9).
__Jennifer Benson Schuldt
Lord, thank You for Your all__seeing nature. You know
everything I think and do. Help me to value Your
approval and live according to Your standards,
no matter what anyone else may think.
__________________________________________________________
Others see what we do, but God sees why we do it.
********((Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18**************
1 Take heed that you do not
do your charitable deeds
before men, to be seen by
them. Otherwise you have no
reward from your Father in
heaven. 2 Therefore, when
you do a charitable deed, do
not sound a trumpet before
you as the hypocrites do...
that they may have glory
from men. Assuredly, I say to
you, they have their reward.
3 But when you do a
chritable 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.
5 And when you pray, you
shall 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 men.
Assuredly, I say to you, they
have their reward. 6 Buy you,
when you pray, go into your
room, and when you have
shut your door, pray to your
Father who is in the secret
place; and your Father who
sees in secret will reward you
openly....
16 Moreover, when you fast,
do not be like the hypocrites,
with a sad countenance. For
they disfigure their faces that
they may appear to men to be
fasting. Assuredly, I say to
you, they have their reward.
17 But you, when you fast,
anoint your head and wash
your face, 18 so that you do
not appear to men to be
fasting, but to your Father
who is in the secret place;
and your Father who sees in
secret will reward you
openly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>insight<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Much of Jesus' discussion of behavior is rooted in a person's
motives. Good deeds are not merely acts; they should be acts that are born ot of proper motives__to honor God and to help others.