What’s your motive?

The David Alliance

TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com 

 

Matthew 15:29 Jesus went from there and came to the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up the mountain and sat down. 30 Many people came to Him. They brought with them those who were not able to walk. They brought those who were not able to see. They brought those who were not able to hear or speak and many others. Then they put them at the feet of Jesus and He healed them. 31 All the people wondered. They saw how those who could not speak were now talking. They saw how those who could not walk were now walking. They saw how those who could not see were now seeing, and they gave thanks to the God of the Jews.

 

Insight into being used greatly by God.

 

WE like to look good to other Christians… We like to be used by God… We like to look like super Christians… We tend to admire those used by God, those who seem to have a supernatural mojo about them. 

 

When was the last time you wanted to be used by God simply so others would glorify him God and not even remember you… you would vanish in their minds (and maybe really vanish) and the person or crowd just focus on God and glorify him. 

 

This was a gentile heavy crowd, in fact it says and many of them glorified the God of the jews….

Christ motive was to reach the lost of the lost of the lost and in doing so give them a reason to worship God… a God they had no real understanding of.

 

Great lesson for us… if we just translate it to todays world.

YOU WANT TO SEE A MAJOR MOVE OF GOD? Here seems to be a recipe worth copying…

Go to the down and out.. the least of the least. People who are not like you, don’t know you and maybe even are at odds with you. (a.k.a. like the gentiles in Christ day) 

Go to where they are in most desperate need and must have miracles… meaning your own talents won’t help them. - only God. Go where they do not know you, you will not be known by them nor is it an area you frequent. And go with the only motive to -MGLG…make God look good. Finally…. You might miss this part… go and pray and do the impossible without ever telling anyone about it. Jesus said again and again “I am here to do my Fathers will”…. He never postured or talked about all the people he healed… he wanted God to get the credit.

Yea, simple, doable, practical and needed. NOW GO DO IT.