Lately, one of my favorite bloggers has been exposing the depths of his spiritual disciplines in his public blog ~ like how long he fasted and how much he prayed. I found myself feeling spiritually inferior. But then I realized that his greatest reward from these efforts could quite possibly be... just impressing me. Wow. He could totally forfeit the spiritual blessings God might give him if he exercised these disciplines in secret. Understanding this, I will fight every urge to let this blog ever become my "closet." See what Jesus said below:
And when you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will repay you." - Matthew 6
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