Friday August 21st, 2026
« “So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full »
1“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.
3 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
I have seen people who help others and at every opportunity, refer to the time they helped them.
That is a very terrible thing to do, and it is not how God taught us to do good.
- Jesus said in Matthew 6:3 that when you give alms, you must not let anyone else know about it.
In Matthew 5:16, He said that as your light shines and people see your good works, they must glorify God.
In other words, you are not to seek any glory for yourself as a result of the good works that you do; all the glory must be to God and God alone.
When you help someone, and you go back to tell the individual,
“Remember how I helped you that other time,” you are indirectly trying to make them your prisoner.
- Don’t ever make anyone feel like they owe you because you helped them at one time or the other.
When you do good, do it unto God.
Don’t become a pain in somebody’s neck or a source of remembering their shame just because you once helped them.
You must note that it is God who ordained for you to perform that good deed for that person.
He already planned on doing it, you were only privileged to be the one He chose to use. Ephesians 2:10CEV says
« God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. This is why He sent Christ to make us what we are »
If God created you for good works and ordained that you walk in them,
and you turn around to announce the good works as your own doing,
proclaiming yourself as the helper of someone else’s destiny,
what you are doing is trying to take God’s glory,
and if you know anything about God at all, you will know that He does not share His glory with anyone . Isaiah 42:8NLT says
« “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols »
Don’t try to contend with God over the good things He is doing in the lives of others through you.
You are merely His vessel and all the glory must Go to Him.
This way, you will receive rewards for the good that you have done rather than face consequences for trying to take His glory.
Application – Don’t become a pain in someone’s neck just because God used you to help him or her at one time or the other.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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