when you do something with no strings attached, without any gains expected, for neither fame nor fortune... just purely for the sake of service to God... when you do that, you derive total satisfaction and joy, regardless of the nature and importance of that deed itself.
when you do it not to please anything or anyone on earth, but purely as service to Him, there is a sense of a higher calling, bringing forth a sudden influx of worth, meaning and euphoria. These perks all come as a vessel for God's outpouring. Being used by God is one of the best feelings ever experienced. The deed is secondary. It is the fact that we are being used... calling. love. meaning. direction. everything. He fills you up, you are so full of it. Then, you are able to pour it out to others.
yes, life at many times seems meaningless in all its events- everything under the sun, meaningless. Christ gives it sense and only in His rewards will there be true joy.
HAPPINESS
Do Good to Please God
“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
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