MOTIVE

July 21, 2014

Motive is the reason why you do what you are doing. It is like the driving factor. Many people get frustrated and confused in the journey of life because they have not really identified the reason behind their actions. If you truly want to succeed at something, you need to have a cogent reason for doing it, else, when the storm of life comes, it becomes pretty easy to give up. Terrorists go the length (no matter how long it is) just to terrorize because they claim they have a reason for doing that.

When God asked Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, it sounded sweet until he got to the presence of Pharaoh and various hardships surfaced. Ordinarily, one would have expected Moses to give up and let go, but he understood the motive behind what he was doing and then it became hard for him to just let go like that, which was why each time Pharaoh refused to let the people go, Moses kept trying and retrying until it all paid off.

When Judas and the other military folks came to “arrest” Jesus, and someone from Jesus’ camp used the sword to cut off the high priest’s right ear, Jesus looked at them said something profound, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?” (Matt 26: 53-54) The motive behind Jesus’ actions was salvation of souls, so even when they came to arrest Him, He didn’t argue because of the ultimate goal before Him.

The question I’d like to ask you today is, why are you doing that business? Why are you studying that course? Why are you in that relationship? Until you have a reason for doing what you are doing, you won’t survive during tough and challenging seasons. Always remember that motive is always the motivational factor.

Keep soaring and keep shining.

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