ANG TUNAY NA AUDIENCE

Zechariah 7:4-6
Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me: “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?’ “

Maraming katotohanan ang dapat na hinahanap ng mga taong tunay na sumasamba sa Dios. Sometimes, organized religion introduces many delusions in their teachings in order to glamorize many things that should really not be glamorized too much.  For instance, suffering, sacrifice and even fasting. Such acts can sometimes blur real issues and sanitize or deodorize unrighteousness. Nagiging mga mumurahing pantakip sila sa mga tunay na kakulangang espirituwal.

Kaya magandang itinatanong natin sa ating sarili, ang mga ginagawa ba nating pagpipista at pag-aayuno ay para sa Dios? Maraming prayer and fasting meetings ang nauubos lang sa programa. Ang daming VIP ang pinapasampa sa entablado para magtalumpati at manalangin. Para sa Dios ba talaga yun?  Parang pistahan na nauuwi sa competitive performance ng mga grupong kumbidado. Dumadating sa programa pero kwentuhan lang nang kwentuhan sa likod ng entablado at lumalabas lang pag magpe-“perform” na.  Kaya ang tanong e, nagpapaligsahan lang ba ang mga performance groups na ito o talagang sasamba at itataas ang pangalan ng Dios?

There is a very thin line between praising God for his good deeds and displaying the good things we have para purihin ng tao. Sino ang tunay na audience natin?