Then your fasting won’t be obvious. Instead, it will be obvious to your Father who is with you in private. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you. (GW)
— 馬太福音:六18
作家 C.S. Lewis 曾說:『Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching,「正直」是在沒有人看見時、仍會做對的事』;我們或可進一步說:『Meekness is doing the right thing without letting anybody know,「謙和」是在做對的事時、不會讓人知道』。平常的人在『人前、Public』與『人後、Private』常常是不一樣的,而且對『人後』的事、往往更會去『隱惡揚善』。但是耶穌卻提醒我們,父神是時時看見、知道我們所說的話、所做的事,更清楚我們的動機為何。今天我們是否願意學習活在神面前、而不是人面前呢⋯?