“When you do a charitable deed, do not let
your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”
-MATTHEW 6:3
Jesus
did not advocate anonymous charity in order to make us paranoid or
fearful of being caught doing a good
deed. He did it to liberate us, to enlarge us, to help us experience the
pure joy of a no-strings-attached gift, to ensure we would not become
proud, and very importantly, to prevent others from rewarding,
manipulating, regulating, or expecting us to give to them on a continual
basis apart from His direction.
He
understood how easily people, even with the best of intentions, make
value judgments of others based on material possessions. He
obviously didn’t want that to be the case among His people.
Source: "The Church in the Wilderness" by Chip Brogden
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