Hello friends,I know it's awesome to have a good name and to be seen as a godly person.
But the best and the most important thing is the inner purity where no one sees you or gives you some accolades.
Since no one sees more of our inner/private actions,it's often tempting that we tend to feel comfortable in neglecting it,by not upholding righteousness.
But God is more concerned about our private lives,our actions in private and the state of our hearts where no one can see except him.
Mark 7:5-6 (KJV) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
From the above passage,it shows that right from old till now,there have been so much criticism and judgement from people.
These acts has unconsciously shaped lives into living right just in front of others to see,but in private,they may be full of sin.
Mark 7:21-23 (KJV) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
God is so concerned about our hearts
because from it are the issues of life.
He told us in his word to guide it with all deligence.
Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
From it a man can be holy or unholy.
In verse 23 of Mark : 7
It is what comes out from within that defiles a man,inner purity is the condition of a person's heart between him and God
And it is only God that knows the true intent of a man's heart.
Matthew 5:8 (KJV) Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
No matter how right we act, it's God that knows our true attitude,our thoughts,and our hidden actions.
Let's thrive harder to be pure in heart.
only then can we see God
Being holy in private and in open,for God knows all our thoughts and actions and he will judge us accordingly,not through the eyes of men.
Thank you for reading through this post
