My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Some people will neglect doing good, because what prompted that good was a false motive. I have learned to thank God for using the false motive to remind me to do good. I will do the good and ask him to work on my heart so that my motivations are good as well.
You see, it is not about me or my motives, I am saved by grace. And it is grace because my motives will never be right. If you are obsessed by being perfect, you’re trying to save yourself, it is a self-righteousness, and no gospel. The Gospel has faith in the work of Christ, not one’s own works. We make much of Christ, not ourselves. It is about the Gospel and glorifying Christ.
I fight vigilantly against false motives, and I do plead fervently with God for pure motives, they are sweet, but my hope is not in them.
