Why?

It has been a long stretch since I last posted, almost 6 months.  For various reasons, I haven’t been motivated to post.  And that word — motivated — is what I now want to post about.  It goes along with the title I have given this post — why?  Why do we do what we do?  What is our motivation in life?  As Christians, this is something we should all seriously look at, and I am including myself in all of this.  Do I do what I do to achieve ends I have determined to be in my best interest?  In other words, do I live for myself?  Or do I honestly live for Christ, doing what I do because I believe it is what He would have me to do? I would venture to guess that most Christians do most of what they do based on their own wisdom and ideas without any thought to what the Lord would have to say at all.

So, why are we here?  To simply pursue our own desires and lives based on what seems good to us?  Or are we going to pursue the Lord and His will — what pleases Him, what good deeds He would have us to be involved with, and to know Him and His ways in a genuine relationship where He truly is Lord and not some buddy down the street.  After all, in light of scripture, it is amazing how we think the Lord is so pleased with us when we so ignore what His word says.  I guess the question is, why?

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