Hey peeps I’m back! I’ve not blogged for a while as I’ve been up to my eyes so I guess I’d better make this a Doozie!
Lately I find I am increasingly working with teams of people. I love people! The skin and bone stuff of life, glaringly inconsistent, full of joy and sorrow meshed in the complexities of a human heart. Aren’t people wonderful? Yeah sometime crazy but always wonderful! People are the very purpose of God. He has an insatiable appetite to be involved in our lives, in all the muddle and all the majesty! God’s motivation towards all He has created is born of love. I’ve been thinking a lot about motivation of late… What drives a person to get their sleeves rolled up and get stuck in while others spectate? What leads someone to harm themselves, while others are led to heal? It’s good to develop a healthy self-awareness, to examine our ‘inner us’ and reason why we do what we do!
Teams work well where a leader has love as their motivation and not a need to be in control. Being rigidly in control can be a false god because when you’re holding on to power for power’s sake God is not really the boss of you! Often a need to be in control is rooted in fear or pride – Yikes that’s one well known yet lethal cocktail – I really want, nay need, God to be the boss of me completely in all areas, not just the ones I’m comfortable with letting go of. When we’re holding on to control we’re not trusting Our Father who has perfect motivation. When we consider God’s motivation we can see it’s humble, peacefully surrendered and filled with love. God’s love grows the potential in others. God’s love is pure in motive. God’s love releases the need to be in control; it is based on trust and choosing to think the best. The bible gives us a really helpful formula to help our motivation to be love rather than fear or pride…
Galatians 5:22-25 ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit let us also be guided by the Spirit’. Mmmm… good advice from Paul eh?
Have a great week Hugs Ruth
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