I have a motive.

with every action done, word spoken, there is an intention behind it. a whole spectrum of motives behind why you do what you do.

to encourage?
to help?
to gain attention.
to show off.
to hurt.
to inflict pain.
to shame.
to get revenge.

we often forget to check our hearts in going through with something because we subconciously think satan can't outsmart us.

fools.

just because you do something that appears holy doesn't mean you are.

let's apply this concept to a very simple situation... our studies.

we all study, we all strive to do well ( ok, most of us strive to do well )
question: why do you study? why are you studying so hard? what's in an A?

the human mind easily formulates the most spiritual thing to explain this phenomenon.

I'm doing this for God's glory...

really? that is to say if you get straight As God gets ALL the glory? that is to say, if you don't do well after studying your butt off, God ís not glorified?

BULL.

open your eyes oh mascots of self-gratification.. you want to do well because you like being able to say you did well, the pride of satisfaction.. to show off? maybe...
may i please say i find nothing wrong with that per se.. but i do know that lying to yourself about your true motive is gravely dangerous..

the heart of the matter is exactly that, your heart..

spirituality is not in what you do, for there is nothing you can do to make you holy.. but i ask you, what's in your heart?

so you fight for your views to be heard..
because you want the "truth"to be known, or to prove the other's folly.. fine line, but a line nonetheless..

how about this?

so you desperately ask God to open the eyes of the people who wronged you..
because you love them and want them to see the truth and be set free from the lies in their hearts? or so you can think to yourself, "i knew i was right and they were wrong.."

perhaps sometimes it is you who are blind.

let everything you do be for the glory of God.
nay, i reject that sentence.
let your motive behind everything you do be with the intention of glorifying God..

check your heart always, because it is so easy to hide behind the facade of "righteous living". recognise the hypocrisy of human thinking and actions.

and i pray that one day WE may truly be living for the glory of God.

love conquers.
it conquers hate.
it conquers hurt.
it conquers the lies.
it conquers blindedness.
love, because He first loved us.
love, because it breaks you out of your strongholds.
love the very people who kicked you while you were down.
because they need your love.
they don't deserve your love or patience.
but neither do you of God's.