Colossians 3:17 (ERV) "Everything you say and everything you do should be done for Jesus your Lord. And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus."

God Bless You,

The Bible has many beautiful examples of individuals who truly loved God and did all things without any concern of what other "humans" thought or what they would get back from them; they did it for God!! Aren't we called to do the same? Why is it that many times we wait until we are asked to do something and even at this point, we complain and think we are doing it for the "human" asking? It's here where we make our biggest mistakes. When we do things so others could appreciate us, acknowledge us, and thank us later we are exposing our hearts to get hurt...not everyone will acknowledge our efforts or work the way we would like (this rarely happens actually). If we are doing things for "human approval", we are doing things the wrong way and for the wrong reasons. When we do this, we are only looking for wounds, offense, rejection, low self-esteem and many other negative things we don't need in our hearts. Let's do ALL things as today's verse tells us: "Everything you say and everything you do should be done for Jesus your Lord." Not even our smallest action will be ignored or discarded by God, he is always watching and he knows the intentions of our heart. He will never let one little thing go unrewarded; he keeps count...HE IS GOD!! 

Pastor Laura Palacios