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Its not what you do, but why you do it

written by Zach Wheatley

Its not what you do, but its why you do it.

Why do you do what you do?

Is it because you do it?

Or do you have a reason to do it?

Everything in life that you do, has a motive. The motive could be to build for you future. It could be to be funny and make people laugh. Or it could be just to have fun. But whatever it is, it had a reason why you are doing it.

Be careful why you do things. Don’t try to do something because you want the glory out of it, instead do it because that’s what Jesus would do. You may ask, “But would Jesus do that?” And then that’s where you ask yourself, “Should you do that?” That’s a good indication that you probably should do that yourself.

Ok, and moving on…

I have come across people who judge others because of what they are doing. And then they ask me what do I think. I tell them, “I try not to.” You may have heard me say that before, sometimes I am just trying to be funny (Ah ha! There’s a motive!) but other times its because I know I should say something about or even think it.

For example,

Say you know someone who is abusing their spouse. I know it is extremely hard not to judge the abuser, but the bible clearly states in Romans 14.13, “Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.” The only thing we should be doing is praying for both and offering our time and effort to be there and to help both individuals on both sides of the situation.

The abuser didn’t decide one morning he is going to be an abuser because he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He/She has been hurt before. I know what I am talking about because it has happened in my own family, and I have seen what it can do. Its not a pretty sight. The abuser has inside hurts from the past that haven’t been taken care of. Most likely, the abuser’s parents went through the same thing that he/she is going through. It’s a generational cycle. Its really sad, but it can be broken. He/She has to acknowledge that they have a problem and make a personnel decision to fix the problem and get rid of the inside past hurts.