We all have motives to explain the things we do and why we do them. Why do you believe what you believe? 

We can be persuaded and inspired to believe all types of things. Do you believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior? Would you be able to explain your reasoning why to someone else?

A family member or friend may have been your first motive to open the Bible or sit in a church pew. That is a blessing in itself, but it doesn’t stop there. Just opening the Bible and attending church will not save you on their own accord. They are both ways to get to know the true Jesus and foster a relationship with Him; they are essential to experiencing His saving love and grace. 

Our motive for a relationship with Christ should be rooted in our understanding of the attributes of His character, not just the eternal reward. That ticket to Heaven is great, but we are not deserving of it…at all!

God is all powerful, all knowing and the creator of all things. He deserves all of the praise and glory for giving us the free gift of salvation. Our faith in the Lord will not waver based on circumstances, if our motives to believe are in the right place. Seek Jesus because of who He is and what He has done! 

”For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.“

Isaiah 45:18-19