Re:Verse passage – Matthew 6:1–8, 16–18 (day six)
Notice what Jesus doesn’t say in his prescription for overcoming spiritual fraud. He doesn’t prescribe waiting until your heart is in the right place or ensuring the right feelings precede the right behaviors.
Can you imagine if we only did the right thing when we felt like it?
Jesus’ prescription for overcoming spiritual fraud is to go home, embrace spiritual integrity, be honest with God, and practice your spiritual disciplines in private whether you feel like it or not. It is there, in your private spiritual pursuits, that you may discover God reshaping a heart into one that is wholly his.
