Jesus was always about simply doing his duty, his God given task, humbly and without the need for recognition and fame. This is unlike so many people in our own day in age – who never do anything unless they get the fame, glory and the credit.
The important thing is that good deeds get done, in cooperation with God who is the real doer of the deeds. Taking credit away from him is tantamount to stealing his rightful glory and thunder!
God does not look favorably on those who act in such a way, as we can see prophesied in the first reading today from the Prophet Micah. Those who sit around the house plotting to trip people up, to cheat people, to steal land, to dishonor people: will get justice meted out to them by God himself – who, as prophesied here, will destroy the security of such people. They will cry out a plaintive chant about the completion of the ruin that has come upon them: through their own fault.
God the Father sent Jesus to be our reconciliation: to put things back in the proper perspective: which means that GOD GETS THE GLORY AND THE CREDIT FOR ALL GOOD WORKS! and we get our praise from him, if we as completely as we possibly can "get out of our own way" and let him work the deeds through us! He will exalt us only if we humble ourselves!
This is not an easy thing for human beings to do; but if we set our sights on living according to supernatural spiritual principles and laws – then we will be aided by Holy Spirit and will be able to see things "perfectly" and "clearly" – and we will be able to act simply and humbly!
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation!
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