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"Selfish Desire"
Filed Under: Thought for the Week — 12th Feb, 2012
At the dinner table the other day I asked the boys "what is our strongest motivation? What is it that drives our behaviour more than anything else?" "That's easy Dad", said one of them, "selfish desire".
And he was right. And don't we know it. We do things for lots of reasons, but perhaps the strongest, most compelling reason for our actions is that we want to do them. The things we do the best, the actions that grab the most of us, the behaviour that last longest are ones we do because we want to.
Some things we want to do are good, some not so good. But that is not my point here. My point is that the "selfish desire" as one of our boys put it, is one of the strongest, perhaps THE strongest rationale for what we do with our lives.
What's the question we ask every young person as they prepare for the end of their school life? What do you want to do?
Imagine what would happen if God tapped into this 'selfish desire' within us as the motivation for our following him and loving of others? Look again at The Lord Jesus’ words from John 12:25,
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. (John 12:25 NIV)
Look at it carefully. To what is He appealing in me and you?
Matt
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