One treads on dangerous grounds when one do not keep in check his heart's desires. Truly as the Lord has said that our hearts are deceitful and from it comes the evils of man. Therefore it is of first importance that we keep ourselves in check if we are living in outward religiosity that our Lord calls hypocrisy, instead of living in authentic intimacy with Him. Such happening can go undetected only to ambush us when we find spirits shriveled, then we realize we have been severed from the Vine. For example, do I go to church to see the beauty of His holiness, or do I "attend" church because it's the way that has been time immemorial? May it be that truly, in everything we do, whether we eat or drink, or open our lips in prayer, or lift our hands in worship, or speak with words of grace, that we do it not for the approval of the perishable, but for the glory of the Imperishable.
Reading: Mark 7:1-23
The Mind of the Melancholeric Man: Musings on Life and Ministry by Patrick Tan
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