Scripture: (I heard two today.)
Psalm 39:6
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
1 Corinthians 13:3
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.
Observation: Our actions on earth can amount to nothing in the end. Even seemingly ‘good’ actions can be meaningless if my heart is not in them.
Application: It is critical that my heart is in the right place and being led by the Holy Spirit. It is then that I will act in true love and be able to make a proper difference here on earth for eternity.
Prayer: Lord, please continue to guide me and mold my heart to be for you alone. Help me to not just do the actions that might be approved of by you, but do them because I am doing them in love and truly have the desire for helping, not the reward which may come from helping. Guide me in examining my motives. And guide me in growing a truly loving, serving heart.
And thank you for your forgiveness for the times I’ve acted out of the wrong motivation.
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