Motives

A few years back I had an almost constant prayer and that was "Lord, help me to always know my heart's motives." Why? Because I was going through a time in my life that I was questioning motives of people around me and I myself just wanted to be REAL. With that said..Let me ask you a few of the questions that I ask myself(because I still do). "Why are you doing this?" "What is the TRUE reason?" (Remember, yesterday I said that I often tell my children and myself "To thine own self be true." If you can't be real with yourself.....HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!) What is the real reason why we do some of the things we do? To impress? To please? To be mean? To get pats on the back? To be seen of Man? Why? Are we getting close to him or her to get them to trust you so you can be nosy? So you can undermine and deceive? Stab in the back? Get ahead? Make ourselves look bigger or better than what we really are? Do we ever stop to ask ourselves that question remembering that God knows our TRUE motives? Do we remember that He is a discerner of hearts? Do we check ourselves when we know our motives are not pure? Man looks on the outer appearance but our Heavenly Father looks at our hearts!!! Man might sometimes reward you for what they think is a "good deed" but God won't always do so.....WHY? Because He knows the REAL DEAL!!

So, the thought for today is "Seen of Man or Seen of God?"