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Sounding Brass: A Devotion

2/8/2018

 
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Hello everyone! After a week of being sick, I am back with the official first post of February! Hope you enjoy!
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1&3


We all enjoy doing something kind for someone. Look at the world around us. It's the American way to be charitable: Medical clinics overseas, rebuilding countries we have been at war with, digging wells for third world countries, helping build schools, disaster relief, help for the homeless...there is no end of charitable organizations in our country.

But we're missing something important: True Charity. Where does true Charity come from? From God. True love is out lined in 1 Chronicles 13: 4-8. For sake of space, I encourage you to look it up for yourself. All the good one may try to do is of no account if they are not done out of Love, the true love of God. After all, 1 John 4:8 tells us, “God is love.” So unless God is at the center of one's actions, how can it truly be done in love? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure these organizations have good at heart and do what they do out of compassion. But without the Love of God, it is but sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.

What about you? Do you do things for others because you love them and love the Lord or to make a name for yourself. Do you wonder if someone is taking note of what you're doing?

One of the worst feelings is doing something for others and it amount to nothing but unflattering instruments. Make sure that everything you do is done for the glory of God. (Colossians 3:23)

Have a blessed day!
Ryana Lynn
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