I think God's fundamental motivation in all that He does is Love. Yes, it is true that God responds to His Word — His commitments. But why would He do that? One could say He does so because He is a God of Truth, which is absolutely true. But more than that, He does so because He is a God that loves us and His love for us is a primary motivation for keeping His commitments to us.
We see in the Scriptures that Jesus was repeatedly moved with compassion and as a result He healed and touched people. So often we are not moved with compassion when it comes to others. We interact with people based on pity, judgment, desire to make things right, desire to look good, and the list goes on. Our motivations are so twisted and hidden from us that it is rare, I think, that we are really moved to act out of Love unless we are allowing the Holy Spirit to move through us.
The great thing is, if we do cooperate with the Holy Spirit, His motivations will flow through us and we will find ourselves ministering to people out of love and compassion. That's the kind of minister I want to be.
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