Examine Your Motives

Jesus Christ has come to the world to be light, to show that truth could be revealed and displayed not just about our words and actions but about our motives. This is where goodness and safety is rooted.

Our motives are those drives inside us that are behind the action we take or a decision we make.  Our motives are linked to our interests or preferences – some we’re conscious of and others like below the surface. 

God wants us to invite His Spirit to the deepest places of our being so our motives can be assessed in light of His truth, and we can walk the best path forward today and not get tripped up by some false or mean-spirited motive. 

Jesus said:  I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.

John 12:46

Loving God, again today we come to you because you have the words of life we need. You are the way Jesus, you are the truth, you are our life.  We know that we live with denial and seldom see our own hearts clearly, and so we asked today that you would help us see ourselves and our motives as You see us.

People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.

Proverbs 16:2

I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve. 

Jeremiah 17:10

We long to see life as You see life, God.  We long to have our own self-centered motives transformed by Your self-giving love.  We can’t do it on our own.  We need You to work in our hearts at the deepest levels and so we pray and ask for that today.  With the writer of the Psalms today we pray,

Examine me Oh Lord, and try me. Test my mind and my heart.

Psalm 26:2

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. 

Psalm 139:23-24   Amen

So that’s the joy and lightheartedness we walk in today as we stay open to the voice of the Holy Spirit to show us our hearts and to have that translated into right thoughts and behaviours.  Have a great day.