Secret Service by David Jeremiah

 

Secret Service But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Matthew 6:3 Dallas Willard once advised Christians to serve the Lord with a certain amount of secrecy—not in deceit but for the purpose of intentionally wanting God to bring our hunger for fame and recognition under control. It’s unhealthy when we want all our good deeds to be known.

Recommended Reading: Matthew 6: 1 – 4

As we serve others, we are serving God. But if we’re eager for everyone to know how well we’ve served, how humbly we’ve helped, or how hard we’ve worked, our motivations are questionable. True humility serves quietly and finds satisfaction in serving as Jesus did. Washington Gladden wrote a wonderful, though nearly-forgotten hymn, that says: “O Master, let me walk with Thee / In lowly paths of service free; / Tell me Thy secret; help me bear / The strain of toil, the fret of care.” Perhaps even today, an occasion will arise for serving someone as a member of God’s Secret Service.   When we desire godly secrecy, love and humility before God will develop to the point we will not only see our friends, family, and associates in a better light, but we’ll also develop the virtue of desiring their good above our own. Dallas Willard