So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (I Corinthians 10:31 ESV)
Peculiar People (Introduction)
Little Roxanne, the redhaired girl who lived down the street, was annoying. Not only was she a GIRL, but she followed me around and fluttered her eyelids at me. One day, just to get rid of her, I gave her my allowance. I hoped she would take the quarter and go down the street to the candy store and leave me alone!
My mother saw me give Rozanne the money, and chose to interpret it as an act of kindness. She rewarded me, in fact. But she should not have.
I had done a right thing for a wrong reason.
The peculiarity of God’s people often depends on our motivation. More than what we do (although what we do matters, too,) we need to look at why we do things.
Why we do what we do, when we do what we do.
Paul instructs us to do things so that those around us will be impressed with God. We have so many lesser motivations. We want to impress others with our own selves. We want to ease the troubles of our lives. We want to be noticed, appreciated, valued, liked, and loved.
But a peculiar thing about God’s people is that we have the capability of doing things for God’s glory.
We’ll be looking at how to make that alteration in our life’s trajectories.
Be peculiar, do everything for God.