January 25, 2025

by Kimberly Hobbs 

EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:

It’s not about you! It’s not about me!

Everything that happens to us and everything that goes on around us seems to come back to how I make this about me. We hear more and more people try to make it about themselves. Our culture is feeding into self-centeredness.

God is far more interested in our motivation to make things about helping other people than the method of making life revolve around the good things that we do. He has put us here to help others and be an example of Jesus to them. God is to get full glory for everything that we do that is good!

“Our message is not about ourselves. It is about Jesus Christ as the Lord. We are your servants for his sake.” (2 Corinthians 4:5)

Please be cautious of your motives in everything that you do. You could be doing things right and be very successful at it, but if you do it with the wrong heart and want to draw attention to yourself, you are making a mistake. It won’t count with God. God will know your heart in the very instant you accomplish something and desire to take credit for it.

And let’s look at this from the other hand. You might do everything wrong and fail so many different times, but if you have the right motives and want to glorify God in all you do,
God says, “That’s good enough for Me.” God looks at the motives of our hearts, and He knows!

“Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Colossians 3:17)

“…Yes, Lord, here I am, send me.”
(Isaiah 6:8)