Here is a list of common things that motivate us…
fear, selfishness, money, pleasure, jealousy, approval of others, pride, guilt, legalism, duty,etc…
These motivations will fizzle out when things are tough… K.P. Yohannon calls these horizontal motivations. When we are tested they won’t be enough to keep going. The only motivation that will last is Love of Jesus…His love motivates us.. so we can love even in the toughest of circumstances.
Are you being tested in your ability to love? I am…
Here are some keys to being filled anew with his love..
Repent, Surrender everything to Jesus, be filled with His Spirit, Do everything unto the Lord and not men, think about heaven,
“When you lack love for your brothers and sisters around you, becoming short-tempered and impatient and expecting the worst from others, it indicates you are not motivated by the love of the Father”
“No love is genuine unless it includes suffering”
I have been and am currently struggling with this issue… I am in the repent and surrender stage… if your struggling too, come, join me in the journey, seeking to lay down my life- being filled with His love, so I can love others. It is hard.. embracing the cross in our lives.
It’s easy to love this little guy! But not so easy to love others…:)
Luke 6:31-33 (New International Version)
31Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ’sinners’ love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ’sinners’ do that.
3 Comments
September 30, 2008 at 1:46 am
Good blog:)! I hope you don’t mind if I steal that one quote about no love is genuine unless it includes suffering. I like that one.
October 10, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Your little boy is darling.
I enjoyed reading your blog:)
October 22, 2008 at 2:55 am
As always, I love reading your posts and watching God grow your precious family.
Thank you,
Michelle (Shelly)