I do what I do because I want what I want.
At West Cannon Baptist Church, our fiscal year begins in February. Dates like this are appropriate times to think about motives.
Why are we, as a church, going to do what we do this year?
To help us focus on Biblical motives, resources will be posted on the church Facebook page and this blog. These resources will be articles, videos, pdfs, sermons and books. It is my prayer that these each of them will help the WCBC church family and others think Biblically about what they do.
Here are two resources for today.
Resources from Sunday night's sermon at West Cannon Baptist Church - Forfeiture - What Have You Lost?
The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) has a series of minibooks on a variety of topics. Ed Welch has written one entitled "Motive: Why Do I Do The Things I Do?" The booklet is available as a free PDF at https://www.ccef.org/wp-content/uploads/archive/sites/default/files/2201048_0.pdf
Welch asks the "Why do I do the things I do?" question another way:
"Whom will you worship? The choice is either the true God or idols. The entire history of Israel was the conflict between the two (Ex. 20:2-6; 1 Kings 11:9-11; 19:10). All sin was summarized as idolatry (Deut. 4:23). Although this language sounds old-fashioned to us, what motivates our hearts today is no different. A quick survey of our hearts will most likely reveal age-old idols."
Here are a couple of action steps you can take throughout this month
- Pray. Pray that God would show you areas where your motives are sinful.
- Read. Even more than reading the articles posted this month, take time to read the Bible.
- Encourage others. Encourage someone to live his/her life for God's glory. This could be sharing the Gospel with someone who isn't saved or doing a short Bible study with someone from the church with the purpose with helping one another grow into the image of Christ. If you don't know where to start with these ideas a couple of ideas will be posted next week.
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