25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
This one struck home a little because I'm sure for the most part I do a good job of keeping a decently polished and clean outward image for others to see. But in my heart do I do his greatest commandments of loving him and loving others?
Well I am honestly trying, but I have a long ways to go on both counts. We talked yesterday at church about truly having his word in your heart, not memorization but being so into it that you are always chewing on it and applying it to life. I am loving others I do selectively, I have my relatively small group of people I show love to and others I don't know so well I shoot up a brief prayer for if they are on the prayer list but do I skip doing something for me to go help them...honestly not often.
So I am excited to keep being focused on cleaning up my inside and as I do this more and more it should show on my outside without any extra effort.
knut
I'm right there with ya, on the self assessment. Sometimes I laugh when I think how peoples view of me would drastically change if they knew what was going on in my head. There isn't always love for everyone........sometimes its full of judgement and self-promotion.
ReplyDelete30-31 “Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it.
I liked this part of the chapter as well. Just reading thru the descriptions of the power of Christ, as he returns. Sends shivers up my spine.
peace