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Desperate to be Seen
What if the greatest obstacle to our spiritual freedom is the desperate need to be seen by others? In this powerful exploration of Matthew 6:1-18, we are confronted with one of the most relevant questions of our time: are we living for an audience of One, or are we constantly performing for the approval of the world around us? Jesus walks us through three of the most intimate areas of our lives -- how we give, how we pray, and how we sacrifice -- and challenges us to examine who we are really doing it for. The key insight is striking: who we want to see us reveals who we are really doing it for. When our acts of generosity, our prayers, and our personal sacrifices become performances staged for others, we trade something sacred for something shallow. The reward we receive is nothing more than being noticed -- and that reward runs out fast. But when these same acts are done in secret before God, something far greater is at work. There is a freedom waiting for us on the other side of this truth, and it changes everything about how we move through the world.
