Motive part 3
It is God working in us that gives us the want to, and the power to. In short, He is our motivation. Which means LOVE is our motivation. Because God is love. Love working IN us, in order to come OUT THROUGH us. That's what this life is for--letting God love the hell out of us, and then loving Him back by loving each other--and that's how we experience this gift of God (which is the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of God) that we've been given. We receive it and release it. Breathe it in and breathe it out. We love... because He first loved us. We love Him back (after receiving His love) by loving people. Whatsoever you do unto the least of them you do unto the King, right? It's all about love. His love fills us up, then we fill ourselves up to overflowing with that same love. And the best part is (because love is giving) we experience that love, that gift, by giving it away. I say that's the best part because it means we don't have to chase it. We don't have to try to earn it. We already have it. All we have to do--again--is fill ourselves up to overflowing with what we've already been filled with. All we have to do is let what's inside come out. By knowing and believing that it's in there. I always say, "If you don't know what to do... do what you know." Which is to say: You can always love. Love is the solution to the problem, right? Every situation needs love. Because everyBODY needs love. And situations are more about people than anything else. I believe there are only two truly important things in this life. God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people. And, listen, I just Ranted about loving the environment. Taking care of the people, places, and things wherever you find yourself. Preaching the gospel to all creatures in all the earth. But I don't believe we should ever lose sight of how important WE are. We are all in this together. We all need each other. We all need to take care of each other. That should be our motive; not getting... but giving. Giving what has been given to us. Letting what's inside come out by knowing and believing that it's in there. Receiving and releasing the love of God. Letting Him love the hell out of us and then loving Him back by loving the hell out of each other. That's our motive. That's God--love--working in us. Giving us the want to. "I want to love people." And giving us the power to. "I CAN love people." And watch this: I believe Christ's love controls us. No matter what. Either we don't think we have it and do everything we do in order to get it... or we know that we have it and do everything we do in order to share it. I think it's so powerful to be able to love someone. It comes from having love. Having something to give. And knowing what we have. "I felt like nobody ever loved me, so I'm going to love you in order to make sure you never feel that way." Or, "I always felt like I was loved, and I want you to feel that way too." No matter who we are, or where we come from, or what we've been through... it's all about love. Giving the love that we have to those people that we come into contact with. Letting what's inside come out. Letting God work in us, so that He can work through us!