What’s at the heart?

The reason why we do certain things recieves derivation from motivation. Motivation is “the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior” (OneLook). Simply put, motivation is why we do things. Motivation is critically important to our actions because anything can be corrupted by the heart. For example, testimony can be used to draw attention to one’s self or even as a tool for gossip. Both of these, whether or not they are intentional or not, can be destructive to the speaker’s credibility and/or words. Today at Cedarville our chapel was our testimony chapel, where there are microphones positioned in various locations and the chapel and people can, at their leisure, approach them and speak what God has placed on their heart or how/what He has grown/shown them this year. Last night I posted on the joy and importance in testimony and now I find myself not reexamining my views, but adding to my beliefs.

To resume, testimony can be used as a tool against the kingdom. “What’s at the heart” is where the problem lies. In order to fix this, we need to keep our hearts freshly focused on Christ. We do this via prayer. It is an everyday battle out there. No days off allowed! Because of the world we live in, we have to daily equip ourselves with the armor and weapons God provides for us. I hope and pray that you will join me in the challenge I place before myself: examine my words carefully and my heart even more so.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8 ESV)