God's Motives

He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:20

Questioning someone's motives for their work, activities, and future life can become an overriding response to those to whom we relate. Wrong motives can result in poor business decisions, walking out of God's will, or distant relationships.

Sometimes we do not know the motive of another person.

It is wrong for us to assume what their motive is until we have confidence that we know their intentions. When we respond or react prematurely, we become judge and jury over them.

God has a motive for every one of His children.

God desire is to bring us into a spacious place and He wants us to go beyond our borders of safety and security so that we might experience life at a level that goes beyond ourselves.

What do you think of when you think of a "spacious place"?

No limitations?

A large, baron land?

Open air?

These are positive images and sometimes these spacious places encourage us to step out in faith into areas where we've never ventured. Sometimes we need to be rescued by God in order to move forward in what He has waiting for us.

When Peter walked on the water, God was inviting him to a spacious place. He went beyond the borders of his boat and ventured into a whole new world. He didn't have complete success in his venturing out, but it was a process that would lead him to the next victory in his faith walk with Jesus.

Sometimes disappointment or hard times are what is needed in order to move us to the next level of faith with God. However, we must be willing to fail and let God rescue us.

God delights in this process, of us stepping out into the unknown in all faith so that He can move and have His way in our lives. And His motive for His children is always love—it is always to bring us to a new level of trust and dependence on Him.