What are you Driven by?

             In order to do something special at a high level you must be driven. You must be driven to put in the work needed to achieve greatness. There are a lot of people who have left a mark in their area of expertise. Some that come to mind are Michael Jordan, Eminem, Charles Spurgeon and Michelangelo.  All honed their craft into excellence and were prolific but what was their motive behind being great. Maybe they wanted to provide for their family, gain respect, and indulge in luxuries the world has to offer. Some of those things are good as secondary goals but if you’re a believer you shouldn't be driven by worldly rewards. Believers in Christ should be driven by the mercies of God. We should be in awe of the grace of God so much that it should drive us to do great things for God. The things we do for Christ should then be a vessel that God uses to communicate the Gospel of Christ. We should be driven to see our community put their faith in Jesus Christ and repent from their sins. We don’t do good works for God because it saves it us, for salvation is only found in God. We don’t do good works just because we want to be the best at what we do. We do good works and try to be the best we can be because we are driven to give everything for God because he gave his all for us. We want to see humans walk in their purpose.

Romans 12:1 


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