EPISODE 866 – DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MOTIVE?
Apostle Benjamin Nana Amissah AnsahCHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY
The Love-Life Agency
Saturday, 7th June, 2025
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MOTIVE?
“And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.”
Luke 19:31 (NKJV)
Motives make a lot of difference. They determine the extent you go for the Lord.
The right motives dispel any idea of disappointment.
Some people make themselves available and useful to the Lord because of what they will gain.
You may be easily discouraged when your motives are centered on fame, power, social standing, and financial gain.
The owners of the donkey didn’t need to be convinced with many words.
As they heard that the Master was in need of it, they didn’t argue or ask further questions.
Which means, their motive for giving out the young donkey was the LORD.
The only reason you must give your resources or even yourself to the Lord must be the LORD!
Doubtlessly, there is honour in serving the Lord.
But we must not serve the Lord because we want to be honoured or have an elevated social standing.
Your joy should be that through your service to the Lord, many lives have been blessed, and the Lord has been glorified.
Our service to the Lord blesses people.
It is not to use people as stepping stones on a ladder for your personal levitation to towering applause, validation, and prosperity.
From Luke 19, we see how a donkey became a Kingdom celebrity because it was useful to the Lord. And there have been times when the emphasis has moved to how the lonely donkey became honourable.
However, we must know that the owners’ motive was not their personal honour and fame, nor that of the donkey.
“…Because the Lord…” Luke 19:31 (NKJV)
Nobody celebrated the donkey, it was the Lord who was celebrated.
“So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.
As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.” Luke 19:35-37
Nobody thought of the donkey, it was all about the Lord.
Your joy of service to the Lord should be that He is seen, celebrated, praised, and honoured.
John the Baptist said,
“He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance”, John 3:30 (Names of God Bible)
In John 6:1-15, we see a little boy who selflessly gave his lunch to Jesus, and it fed more than 5,000 people.
The young boy didn’t consider himself. His motive was this:
Jesus needs it, and I will trust Him with it.
The joy of our service and giving to the Lord is for the impact of the Lord in the lives of others.
In 2 Corinthians 12:15, Paul said,
“And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?” (Berean Standard Bible)
From the Message Bible:
” I’d be most happy to empty my pockets, even mortgage my life, for your good. So how does it happen that the more I love you, the less I’m loved?”
Amplified:
“But I will very gladly spend [my own resources] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you greatly, am I to be loved less [by you]?”
And then The Passion Translation:
“ I am glad to give you myself and all I have for your spiritual good, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.”
Beloved, the Lord needs you; avail yourself for His use, not because of your selfish gains.
Be motivated and inspired by His Lordship, His love, and the impact of others.
” People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives” Proverbs 16:2 (NLT)
Selah.
(John 6:5-13; 2 Corinthians 1:6,14; James 4:3; 1 Samuel 2:3; 16:7; Proverbs 21:2; Philippians 2:20-22; Colossians 3:23)
That we shall increase in the understanding of the Lord’s intention to rightly correct our motives so that our service may not be of our selfish interests.
Job 30-32
2 YEARS PLAN
Deuteronomy 2
– I serve the Lord with all of my heart.
– Whatever I do, I do as unto the Lord.
– I decrease that Christ may increase in me.
– I serve the Lord with the right motive; not for fame nor any personal interest.
– Many glorify God in me.
Oh Hallelujah, Glory to God!!
THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR MACHAIRA WITH APOSTLE BENNIE 🥰
Wow…
This episode is really thought provoking…soul searching…motive exposing…
Thank You Lord Jesus for this episode
This message has really blessed me and caused a shift in my mindset…
Previously I misunderstood what the Bible said in Luke 6:38…”Give and it will be given unto you…”
Though the Word of God is right and true in every sense of the Word…I misinterpreted it and my reason for giving was so that I could receive in an abundant measure…
But all thanks to this episode, I now know better…
“Your joy of service to the Lord should be that He is seen, celebrated, praised, and honoured.”
This has taught me that when it comes to giving, my only drive, passion, motive and motivation should be the total and absolute glorification of God…
Once the Lord has need of any of my resources(given to me by the Lord Himself), I must willingly give it up for His purpose so that lives can be blessed.
“Beloved, the Lord needs you; avail yourself for His use, not because of your selfish gains.”
I avail myself as a vessel of noble use Lord.
I decrease that Christ may increase in me.
I serve the Lord with all of my heart.
I serve the Lord with the right motive; not for fame nor any personal interest.
God richlyy bless you Apostle Bennie for this refreshing episode!
I surrender all of me to the Lord because the master needs it
Thank you Apostle
Great is the Lord and he deserve all of our praise .
Thank you Apostle Bennie
Machiarathereapy
Indeed is the word of the Lord for the now
Thank Apostle Bennie
I serve the Lord with all of my heart.
Whatever I do, I do as unto the Lord.
– I serve the Lord with the right motive; not for fame nor any personal interest.
– Many glorify God in me.
Thank you Lord Jesus🙌🏿
One key thing that matters to God is the motives of a man.
The Lord examines my motive.
I have to do what I am supposed to do unto the glory of God