2 Chronicles 36, Ecclesiastes 12, Matthew 23:1-28
What God said to me – The scribes and Pharisees seemed to everyone who saw them to have it all together. Publicly they seemed to be great servants of Mine – always saying and doing the right thing. Their lives and their service seemed perfect and yet they were hypocrites. Their private lives were nothing like the show they put on publicly. Their thoughts and their motives were self-centered and ungodly and the things they said and did that seemed to be in service of Me were done to gain the praise of people and not Me. Their hypocritical service did more damage than good and actually blocked people from me rather than drawing them. People don’t want or need to see someone perfect – they need to see someone genuine – someone who is open about their struggles and how I enable them to overcome or how I forgive them when they fail. False displays of perfection only serve to discourage people who realize they have no hope of being perfect. Strive to be genuine in your walk so the people I bring across your path will be drawn to the God who helps you and forgives you and transforms you.