and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” That question has

been used in many different debates, but we’re going to look at one way

it can be applied. People like for others to see when they perform

well. It feels good to be noticed, and it feels like it actually makes

more of a difference when our good deeds or achievements are recognized.

But there’s a dark side to that tendency; it’s called self focus. We

start to move from doing what is right simply because it is right, and

instead, we begin to want an audience so that we get credit. Jesus

addresses this tendency in the Sermon on the Mount and recommends some

pretty surprising approaches to doing what is right. Can we take to

heart what He teaches?