WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TOWARD GOD?
Are you MOTIVATED
Toward God and Jesus-
Every day?
Are you motivated
To PRAY=to the Lord?
Today we read about
SOMEONE who wasn't=King Herod
What a disappointing Gospel=
It makes me want to
Wish I could REACH OUT
To Herod=and say=
"DON'T DO IT"
Don't kill John=no matter
What you promised Herodias
"........and he had
John beheaded in the prison" Matthew 14:10
Herod promised Herodias anything
UP to half of his kingdom
After her alluring dance=
And she asked=
For John the Baptist's head
Clearly King Herod was NOT MOTIVATED
Towards God=
How about you?=I am
I am MOTIVATED by love=
And the promise=I made all those
Years ago
"TO LIVE for my family=
My friends=
And all people everywhere"
I think of that
At least once every day
Motivated by
MY LOVE for God
And my love
For each and every one
Of us
NOT WORLDLY TREASURES!
"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 is 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
Herod was more worried
About his reputation
And what others=thought ABOUT HIM
Than John's life
How about you?
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU!
Perhaps we all are
NOT so different
Than King Herod
Maybe we too=are driven
By human appearances
And vanity
BEING MOTIVATED
By the LOVE of God
Being motivated
By our love for OTHERS
"But what does it matter?
The important thing
Is that=in every way
Whether from false MOTIVES=or true
Christ is preached=
And beacuse of this
I rejoice" Philippians 1:18
THIS Gospel today
INVITES us to look
At our MOTIVES
What are the MOTIVES
Of your heart? Toward God?
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS LOVING FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
7-30-2021
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
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