"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven."

Matthew 6:1 CSB

Jesus can be so annoying. 

There's days when I do want to be seen and recognised for doing good. 

But I wonder if Jesus is looking deeper than my little hints I might drop into conversations about the good, and is much more interested in my motivation for doing good. 

For going to church.

For my practices.

Is it as Tim Keller would've said, my own self salvation project?

I can rest in the truth that I don't have to do anything for my own salvation, to make me right with God, becuase I'm fully reliant on what Jesus did. 

Fully reliant on Grace.

Becuase I'm loved I love.

Becuase Jesus served me, I serve. 

Easy to write that, not so easy to live it. 

If we start with just resting in the truth that we're fully reliant on Grace and Jesus' righteousness, then maybe getting to grips with that is enough...

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