WHAT ARE OUR MOTIVES?

WHAT ARE OUR MOTIVES?


Today=a woman named Mary=takes a
PINT of expensive perfume=and POURS
It on Jesus' feet


And wipes his feet
With her hair


But Judas objected=and said
WHY wasn't the money
GIVEN to the poor


“Judas said this NOT because
He cared
About the POOR


But because
He was a THIEF” John 12:6


Judas' words were very ALTRUISTIC=
But they MASK=
A selfish and DECEITFUL HEART


I wonder what MOTIVATES
His thievery=Is it fear=
Insecurity=a need for CONTROL?


HOW ABOUT US?
How about our ACTIONS
In life?


Do we REALLY LOVE GOD?
Do we really LOVE OTHERS?


Or do we just want something
From God?
WANT something from someone else?
What are
OUR REAL MOTIVES?


Are we PURE=
Straight-forward
In our motives?
The Lord KNOWS
ALL of our hearts


“All a person's ways
Seem PURE to them


But MOTIVES are weighed
By the Lord” Proverbs 16:2


“Therefore=JUDGE NOTHING
Before the appointed time


WAIT until the Lord comes
He will bring to LIGHT
What was hidden in darkness


And will EXPOSE
The MOTIVES of the heart


At that time
Each will RECEIVE
THEIR PRAISE from God” 1 Corinthians 4:5


“When you ASK
You do not receive


Because you ask with
WRONG MOTIVES
That you may spend
What you get
On your PLEASURES” James 4:3


Dear Lord=it is Holy WEEK=
It might be a GOOD TIME
To REFLECT on our MOTIVES
For doing the things
That we do


What makes us act? What
Makes us FEEL what we feel?=
Are we PURE in our MOTIVES
For doing good?


Or are we MASKING our good
In deceit like Judas=
HELP US to do RIGHT O Lord=
This Holy Week=We PRAY
That we are PURE in thought


Deed=and actions=in our LOVE
For you=and in our love
For all OTHERS


Let us DEEPLY PONDER
Our thoughts=words= and actions
This week and pray that we are in LINE
With you dear LORD


“Let the ONE
Who is WISE
Heed these things


And PONDER the loving deeds
Of the Lord” Psalm 107:43


Dear Lord=as we EXAMINE ourselves=
We PRAY that our good deeds
Are MOTIVATED by our TRUST in you
And by our COMPASSION
For others


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
3-25-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.