Dallas Willard defined humility in his description of the discipline of secrecy when he wrote that "one of the greatest fallacies of our faith, and actually one of greatest acts of unbelief, is the thought that our spiritual acts and virtues need to be advertised to be known."
As human beings, we long to be recognized for doing something. However, it gets distorted when we are serving God and seeking recognition from people. It is important to remember that God's acceptance and recognition is all that we should need. May God empower us as Christians to please Him by not seeking human recognition for serving Him in different areas of our lives.
Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives. HarperCollins Publishers. New York: 1988. page 173.