What motivates you? What gets you to do things that you otherwise wouldn’t do on your own?  Do you go to the gym because you want to be healthy or because you want to look good?  Do you eat foods primarily for the taste or do you eat for the nutritional or health value of the foods?  Motivation is an interesting thing.  It is different for different people.  Yet Paul says that we have a common motivator that should lead us to godliness in our lives.  Let’s look together at his words in Titus 2.

11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Grace should be and is a motivating factor in our lives.  When we reflect upon what God has done for us we are motivated to live our lives to please Him.  When we understand the depth of His great love for us and the grace He has extended to us we offer our lives in return.  This side of Heaven we will all still struggle with the battle of sin in our lives.  The more we remain connected to Jesus and His grace the more we will experience victory over that sin.  Today reflect on God’s amazing grace and allow it to motivate you toward godliness. 

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave