Keeping things secret?

“Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world." For even his own brothers did not believe in him.”  John 7:1-5

With public eyes on us, you and I look at life around us, and decide who is important, what is important, where the important place to be is at, and why we live in a certain way.  All the whos, whats, wheres, whens, and whys affect who we are—more so, than who we should be.      

Christ Jesus was not, is not, nor will be interested in being popular as a public figure; nor by all the whos, whats, wheres, whens, and whys.  Jesus is interested in healing you, transforming you to be who you should be.  Jesus is most interested in a miracle healing needed in you, done in the secret place within you, done in your spirit—as you confess and then receive Him as Lord. 

Through Christ, God’s Spirit responds to your prayers and fasting when you’re unseen by the public eye.  When in secret, everyone is unaware of your prayers and fasting, that is, everyone except for “your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you” (Matt 6:18).

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