Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Actions speak louder than words. I’m sure you’ve heard that saying. However, many good things are done with selfish motives. Perhaps you find yourself doing things because you feel it’s what you should be doing. Or perhaps you’ve fallen to the temptation of doing good things as a way of showing off for those around you or elevating yourself above others.

Motives speak louder than actions–however, we usually can’t hear them. It can all look the same from our perspective. We can’t see people’s hearts. True, sometimes it is obvious when someone is acting out of selfishness, but other times it is well-hidden–but not from God. God looks beyond our words and our actions to our very heart. That is where He judges.
-From Backtothebible.org