3 But when you give to the needy, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING, 4 SO THAT YOUR GIVING MAY BE IN SECRET. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6
Matthew’s Gospel mentions this phrase of, ‘Left and Right’. On the first occasion it’s regarding our Giving, which shouldn’t be done for public acclaim. We can widen the term ‘Giving’, to mean more than just money, to anything we do for the Lord and His Kingdom. God rewards those who don’t ‘Self-Publicise’, which I suspect is way more common than we think. The Self or Ego always wants to take the Glory, but the Lord says ‘Don’t’, let the Father reward us in His Time and His Way.
23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to SIT AT MY RIGHT OR LEFT is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Matthew 20
The mother of James and John wanted the best for her boys and she tried to get the Lord to make a promise to them, but He told her that only the Father had that right. The most important seats in any gathering are always closest to the Head or King , however, Jesus told His disciples to take the lower seats and wait to be invited higher. Again showing that the Kingdom is totally opposite to this world and the ego/carnal nature.
31 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the SHEEP on his RIGHT and the GOATS on his LEFT. Matthew 25
There’s a day and a time of final separation coming to the nations, or the people of this earth. Some will rejoice with their Lord and the others will not. Two groups will be gathered, one on each side of Christ; the Lord will stand between them and tell people their destiny. The final separation with the Lord in the midst.
38 Two rebels were crucified with him, ONE ON HIS RIGHT AND ONE ON HIS LEFT. Matthew 27
Jesus spent His last hours on earth between two sinners. The two thieves were closest to Him at His crucifixion and even there a separation occurred. He granted one of them to be with Him forever, ‘today you shall be with Me in Paradise’. At the last moment of life, a former thief chose life and sided with the Lord. Truly, while there’s life, there is hope for people on this earth.
May God bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.