We all have our mental images we associate with the term secret service. Whether you think about the men in suits protecting the President or something else, they have a job to do. The job was instituted to protect the President and combat financial fraud in our country. While that is a great role in our government, there is an even greater type of secret service in which we need to be involved.
Our Lord wants us to be enlisted in His secret service. In Matthew 6:1, Jesus says "beware of practicing your righteosness before men to be seen by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven." He then proceeds to contrast the ways hypocrites (Pharisees) do good things with the motive of being seen by others with the way His followers should do these things in a secret fashion.
He addresses three areas of service that should be done secretly: giving in secret, praying in secret and fasting in secret. For a better description of what Jesus means by this, please listen to the sermon link titled "Secret Service." Jesus is very clear when He points out that Christianity is not a spectator sport! Are you enlisted in the Secret Service?
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