| Written by ola aroyehun,
on Wednesday 01/26/11
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Prayers.
This week’s post is more of a personal one but I am sure the lesson would bless you - greatly! I was praying recently and started to ask God for His glory. After repeating the request 3 or 4 times, the Lord asked me a question, Why? Why did I want His glory, This question threw me a bit (as you can imagine) but while my response is personal and not to be shared publicly, this really got me thinking about the subject of motives.
Motives have to be tested. In an attempt to try and understand the motive and the glory of God, I examined Moses’ experience with the glory of God as recorded in Exodus 33:12 – 23. I believe that when Moses was asking for God’s glory, he was asking for a greater revelation of God. He had known God’s presence and power but was further asking for the fullness of God to be made available to Him.
I realised that the request was made in response to Moses wanting to know God’s way, so he could fulfil the assignment that God had given to him. His request was for a purpose. Moses passed the motive test. Of course fulfilling God’s purpose should not be the only motive for asking for God’s glory. Moses’ example serves as a lesson about motives. Motives require us to be transparently honest. Psalm 51:6reminds us that God requires truth in the inward paths.
I believe that our personal analysis of our motives, while being honest and with the best of our intentions, could also be widely off the mark. An assessment is better done-God’s way. I found a prayer by David that actually expresses what I am trying to covey. It’s taken from Psalm 26:2 (the New Living Translation) ‘Put me on trial Lord and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart’.
When God reveals our motives to us, then we can be sure that we are on the way to getting our requests met. I believe that motives are important to God. Why don’t you join me in praying one of David’s prayers as recorded in Psalm 51:10 ‘Create in me a clean heart O Lord and renew a right spirit in me’. I trust that you have found this article helpful.
Until I appear again in your inbox, with more insight from the scriptures, stay blessed Ola
Last update : Wednesday 01/26/11
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