May 16, 2011

Deadly Motives

Why is it we as people live our lives as if we're entitled to something? Why is it we think we deserve things such as physical or financial security, happiness, respect, or even marriage? I'm sorry, last time I checked we deserved death.

I'm tired of seeing others or even myself living life as if these things should be given to us and then asking God to oversee our lives. No. It doesn't work like that. Our lives are meant to be LIVING SACRIFICES to the Lord of our lives and more often than not this does not include several of those "rights" we have. If we truly dedicate our lives to Christ then we need to do just that. Not ONE day is about us. Every single day is meant for the Lord and an opportunity for us to serve Him and glorify Him with EVERYTHING we are. Not ONE day is meant for us to be glorified--not graduation, the birth of a child, weddings, or even funerals. God wants it all. He is a jealous God and One who is adamant about justice and maintaining glory for where it is due--on Himself.

What would our lives look like if we lived as if God was the center instead of ourselves? What would it look like if we realized that we are nothing more than sinners who, at no help of our own, were given an amazing love that saved us from the very depths of the consequences of our own humanity? What if, instead, we lived our lives in such a way that we can't do anything but fall on our faces in the awe of the very God who came to this earth to suffer the worst of all deaths so that we may live? Where is our fear placed? Is it in God or the world?

It's time to stop living lives of entitlement and to start living lives of dedication. It's time to bow down and fall face first at the feet of the Living God Who was, Who is, and Who is yet to come. It's time to realize that God comes before EVERYTHING else, including ourselves and those "needs," and to live a life in accordance to "Lord, where can I go for you?" rather than "Lord, could you..."

We are not entitled to marriage, to kids, to a nice house. If we receive those things, great, but it's still ALL about God. If you find yourself seeking these things then you have a motive issue. If you find yourself consumed in these things then you have a motive issue. You just found yourself seeking desires to satisfy the flesh rather than to serve God. It's just as easy to be caught in this trap before, during, and after these types of relationships and situations. Is it bad to have these desires? No, not necessarily, but they definitely can become distractions to our true purpose in life--to glorify God. Seeing a trend here?

It's about God. It's about God. It's about God. Check your motives. Is what you're doing truly for God or does it have those pesky underlying selfish motives and ambitions that instead are allowing you to satisfy yourself? Please, for the love of God, ask yourself, HONESTLY ask yourself, for what or whom do you live? Analyze your daily decisions, your thoughts, your TRUE motives for your actions and look at the root of it all. If it isn't God, it isn't living and it sure isn't of Him.

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