“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!—Matthew 6:16-23
You are with me Father in my secret place. You hear my heart. “You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees”. You see all that I do, say and think. My life is as an open book to You. I don’t want my existence to be about the ostentatious outward...what is seen and discussed by the people around me. I want it only to be about You. Oh Father! May my outward life reflect my inward life with You in the secret place of my heart. The life I live before You with an unveiled face beholding You. Transform me into Your image by Your Spirit. Be my treasure, Father...you are where I want my heart to be. You, my God, enlighten my darkness. In Your presence is fullness of joy.
My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.—Proverbs 2:1-5
