Mo Mo Motivation

Motivation,  what is yours?  What is mine?  Those are important questions for us to answer.  I think that is a key in our spiritul journey.  Why do we do what we do?  More specifically,  why do we do what we do in our spiritual life or walk with Jesus. I am almost sure that you, like me, have had different motivations at different points in our life and faith journey.   I wish I could say that I have always had the right motivation, but I am weak and human.

Jesus had some things to say about obedience,  and that's what I am really talking about.   What's our motivation for following Jesus' example?  Jesus said in John 14:15, “If you love me, obey my commandments."  So why do we do what we do?  Some people have it all wrong.  Maybe they do the right things, but out of fear.  Is this wrong, I don't know, and I will leave that to them and God.  But how freeing and much more motivation would it be to follow Jesus because we love Him?  2 Corinthians 3:17 gives us a little hint as to what Jesus gives us, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."  It would give us a whole new perspective.  We would GET to go to worship, not HAVE to go to church.  We would be blessed to BE ABLE to serve God in some way, not HAVE to teach or lead this week.  That perspective kind of changes everything.  Sure Hell is real and something to be avoided, but Heaven and an eternity to BE with Jesus is so much more something to look forward to.

We can't out love God, because he got such a head start on us.  It is our basis for all our love.  "We love each other because he loved us first." (1 John 4:19)  Because he loved us first he made the ultimate sacrifice.  "God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." (Romans 5:8)  And because of this sacrifice, we "can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God." (5:11)  So God loved us first, now we can choose to follow Him because of our great love for Him, or because we are afraid of Hell.  As for me, love is the answer.  Jesus said Himself in John 10:10, "My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life."  Let's start acting like it.  God bless!