Labor of Love

We tend to think that the mark of greatness is in our outward prestige, the size of our "ministry" or the way that the world notices our work… but God sees the heart. He alone looks on the inward parts and honors that which is unseen by man.
This is the fact of our world that we must understand if we are to please the Father. We cannot understand the heart of another, but we can understand our own, and seek to serve the Lord in faithfulness within the bounds of our own hearts. Our motives are important, and the writer of Hebrews points out that the actions of the church in Jerusalem demonstrate that they have honored the Lord with their actions. He points out the
specific thing that they have done which has honored the Lord and which God Himself will honor in return.