Day 20: Let Us Be Loyal To God
“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. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 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. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:16-24 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.6.16-24.NKJV
3 principles that I can gather from this short passage. (1) Reward will come when we do things sincerely with no intention to show off. (2) Focus on laying our treasures in Heaven so that our reward will be in Heaven where no moth or rust can destroy it. (3) Our one and only motive to carry on a task is to serve God. Once we are double-minded and wish to serve God yet to earn money, we will not be loyal. We just need to be faithful in serving God and He will provide all things, just as Jesus promised in Matthew 6:33 that says "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added you." Let us be faithful and be loyal to our Heavenly Father. Our God will remain faithful for He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (please click to view a visual)
“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. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 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. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:16-24 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.6.16-24.NKJV
3 principles that I can gather from this short passage. (1) Reward will come when we do things sincerely with no intention to show off. (2) Focus on laying our treasures in Heaven so that our reward will be in Heaven where no moth or rust can destroy it. (3) Our one and only motive to carry on a task is to serve God. Once we are double-minded and wish to serve God yet to earn money, we will not be loyal. We just need to be faithful in serving God and He will provide all things, just as Jesus promised in Matthew 6:33 that says "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added you." Let us be faithful and be loyal to our Heavenly Father. Our God will remain faithful for He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (please click to view a visual)
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