What's my Motive

This Sunday we have a guest speaker. He is pastor from Ireland and will be sharing about what God is doing in and through the church in Ireland and Europe. I am looking forward to it but I have a struggle. I am working on the worship set for that particular service and I find myself more concerned with impressing him than with honoring God. Thoughts such as, "maybe if we sound really awesome he will ask us to come to lead worship there." How stupid, I know and believe with all my heart that my first and number one priority as a worship leader is to honor God yet I am thinking more about man. God help me to get my focus back on you. No matter how good it sounds and looks it is a pile of manure unless it is for your glory.

For all of us, if we stop and think about our lives, how many times are we more concerned with the accolades of man than honoring God? At work do we focus more on getting the attention and praises of our boss or coworkers more than doing it as worship to God? In our communities are we more concerned with looking like we have it all together than we are being real with our neighbors in good and bad and pointing them to God? For many of us I believe the answer is a resounding yes.

Let's take some time to stop and humbly stand before God ask forgiveness. Then recalibrate our priorities on Him and Him alone.