I pray you have had an awesome weekend and a marvelous Monday to start the week. Last week was a little chaotic getting the grandkids ready for the start of school. Mom started a new job and we were busy getting in sync with new schedules.
What is your intention when you do what you do? When you seriously consider your choices, do you ever consider your motives for doing what you do?
This word extends to the heart of matters, the posture of your heart. Do you consider your intention when you deal with others? In the talks about taking personal responsibility, has the thought been processed that many times blame has been cast on others when our own motives caught us in a net? This real place requires us to be honest with ourselves and can be quite sobering. However, the truth shall set you free.
I do believe that is why the heart is so important to God. His word says that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9 – “The hear is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”) Hence, the Scripture that says we are to guard our hearts. Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Why do you do what you do? Thinking about your motives when you have decisions to make is imperative for true maturity and real growth. Doing for someone else because you truly care and is what you want to do is the real part of loving unconditionally. Not expecting any particular response, not even gratitude, but genuine in giving because you want to give of yourself. A “thank you” would be nice, but do you need it? If you need a particular response, you might have to reconsider your intention for doing what you did for someone else.
This post was not planned today. However, it is important and with intention, I share this thought process for inner growth. I share because we all need encouragement to make better choices, right choices, and to be responsible for our happiness. Legally and morally, intention speaks from the heart. The significance cannot be taken lightly. Ask someone serving a life term in prison for premeditation. I saw the notes I wrote about four years ago. I still remember the significance when I penned them.
Change is undoing a thought process seemingly unimportant. When you realize it is pivotal for permanent change, it becomes important. My hope is that this post encourages you to really think about why you do what you do. Be blessed and encouraged.
One response to “Intention-08/11/25”
“If you need a particular response, you might have to reconsider your intention for doing what you did for someone else.” Well said. I have often thought the same thing.