As Christians, we are commanded to go forth and preach the Good News. But when we go and preach the Good News, what is our true
purpose or agenda in doing so? Are we doing it for the greater glory of
God, or are we doing it for our personal gratification or personal gain,
and to boost our reputation and ego?
In today's
reading, St. Paul reminds the Thessalonians and us: "We have not taken
to preaching because we are deluded, or immoral, or trying to deceive
anyone; it was God who decided that we were fit to be entrusted with the
Good News, and when we are speaking, we are not trying to please men
but God, who can read our inmost thoughts."
What does this mean to us? It means that we need to check our motives and see whether we are truly preaching the Good News with
right motive, right intention and right disposition. May we go forth and preach the Good News, with humility and joy, not for ourselves or to show how capable or great we are, but for the greater glory of God.
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