Zechariah 7:4-6 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: "Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?'"
Boy, this hit me right between the eyes today. I have to ponder this for a while. How often do I do things in proclamation of the Lord, but in all reality I am doing it for my own gain? I would like to say it's not that often, but I think I might be embarrassed at was I actually find when I think on it. This is something to consider, for sure. When I am doing something out of duty, I'm probably losing the truth in the action. When I teach Sunday School because I feel like I should, what is really at the heart of that action? When I meet with a friend because it's the right thing to do, am I really there with the heart of Jesus? When I don't get angry with the waiter because I know it wouldn't look good, what does that say about my heart? All of the things we say and do are connected to our heart. Our heart must be connected to Jesus in order to meet the standard he set, if you've hated your brother then you've committed murder. Whoa, that thought stops me. I have a lot for God to work on in my heart. I'm very thankful for the transformational grace that I'm in need of hourly. Why do you do what you do?
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