For the lord’s sake

At the end of every seven years you shall make a release…Deuteronomy 15:1-2
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When we do a thing it must be done with the right spirit. 

We don't love just because we have to. We love because it is a blessing to do so, food for the soul that brings God glory. We don’t give ten percent of our wages, just because we were commanded to do so but because it brings us such joy to honor God and give back. 

Spurgeon wrote, “They were, at the end of every seven years, to release every man, his debtor, from the debt which he had accumulated…They were never to exact that debt again…None but a generous Lawgiver would have made such a law as this…They were to do this for the Lord's sake: ‘because it is called the Lord's release.’ It is not enough to do the correct thing; it must be done in a right spirit, and with a pure motive. A good action is not wholly good unless it be done for the glory of God, and because of the greatness and goodness of His holy name. The most powerful motive that a Christian can have is this, ‘For Jesus' sake.’

The Lord weighs our heart not the act. 

GiGi❤️