(September 19, 2016 at 4:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: When I analyze all the motivations I can think of they all come down to fear.
I won't go to heaven.
I will go to hell.
I won't be accepted.
I will be alone.
I won't be loved.
I won't be comforted.
And on and on.
When I boil any motivation down I come up with fear. Frankly, that's pretty fucked up.
Then once you're in, other motivations take over. Power, money, manipulation, superiority, .............
... and if one does not fear those things? Do you assume that their can be no other motivation?
I don't fear any of those things, and never considered any of them to ever be a motivating factor for what I believe. Truthfully there is only one Denomination that depends heavily on fear, and if you are not taught to fear few do. Rather We are all designed for a purpose and to find and full fill that purpose far outweighs any fear based motivation. Now some think they have found their purpose in work, family, the accumulation of things, or in substance abuse/drugs etc... But truthfully, nothing compares to playing out the role God has set up for you. There is a completeness and a sense of contentment In finding God and knowing beyond all doubt that he is with you in your day to day.
I do not follow God because I fear hell or being alone. I follow because I am made whole, and simply do not want to be 1/2 of what I am with Him.
