Glory to the Father

So, I'm sitting here minding my own business, setting up slides for Sunday when,

 A WIILD VERSE ATTACKS!

Matthew 5:14-16 NIV
¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Now, I grew up on this verse, I know the songs that go with it, it is nearly as much apart of me as my own DNA. But this time, a part jumped out at me.

"and glorify your Father in heaven."

Wait, what?

"and glorify your Father in heaven."

Well, no one has been glorifying God because of my good deeds, I certainly would have heard about it...

Yeah, that's the point. It's not about me, it's about God, the Father. So, I start thinking, well either A: I'm not doing good deeds (Heart Check) or B: People aren't seeing my good deeds.

Hmm, another possible factor and it involves the person I most often focus on... Me.

Have I been praising the Father when I see good deeds? 

Gulp.

If good deeds are supposed to inspire others to give glory to God, then why haven't I been doing that? I threw it in a minute ago, if you caught it.

Heart Check. Where is my heart, where has it been, what has it desired, who has it worshiped? If I can't answer those questions, then I have been ignoring my heart, and the heart wanders when not watched over.

I get so caught up in me, my wants and desires, and sometimes I look at good deeds and I only think that the person doing them is doing it for themselves, trying to boost their ego or status. I can't judge them, not when I was forgiven of so much.

I want to become a person who glorifies God for the good deeds, not one who wonders if everyone saw me do mine.