Monday, September 29, 2014

Tues Devo: Motive check

John 3:25-30 “Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full. He must increase, but I must decrease.” (NASB)

Hello,

Most of the time when we start something new, we start with the right reasons/motives/goals/frame of mind. But, we run into a danger called success. You see, when we have success we are faced with a critical choice. We can keep our focus to where it started – or we can begin to look around and get caught up in the success and begin to carry forward with different motivation than when we started. John the Baptist was having great success – but he didn’t let it change his motivation. He knew his goals and why he was doing what he was doing and stuck to it.

Have you checked your motives lately? Did you start well intentioned, but get derailed with success?

Have a blessed day,



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