Adapted from Day 23 of A Merry Heart, A Happy Home by Serena Mojela. Teaching and prompts are condensed for this website.
Read and reflect
Read the Scripture passages listed above in your Bible, including the surrounding verses for context. Then take a moment with these thoughts.
Day 23 asks whose approval has become the measure of our faithfulness. Feeling unseen can be discouraging, and needing appreciation is human. Serena invites us to express that need honestly while returning our deepest aim to pleasing God. Another person’s applause cannot be the only measure of a faithful choice.
A question to sit with
Whose approval have you been chasing? What happens to your mood when no one notices your effort? What choice could you bring before God with a clear heart?
A step for today
Do one unseen act of kindness. Afterwards, tell God honestly how it felt to go unrecognised and reflect on what motivated your choice.
Take this with you
Being unseen by people does not mean being unseen by God.
From the devotional’s “Take this with you” section. This is Serena’s reflection, not a Bible quotation.