Tuesday, May 25 Jehovah examines the motives.​—Prov. 16:2.

[Áine]

Tuesday, May 25

Jehovah examines the motives.—Prov. 16:2.

 

When making decisions, analyze your motives. Jehovah wants us to be honest in all things. So when we make decisions, we too want to be honest with ourselves and with others about our motives. If we were not completely honest, we would likely have difficulty sticking to the decision. For example, a young brother may decide to become a regular pioneer. After some time, however, he struggles to fulfill the hour requirement and he finds little joy in his ministry. He may have thought that his main motive for pioneering was his desire to please Jehovah. Could it be, though, that he was primarily motivated by a desire to please his parents or some person he admired? Consider the situation of a Bible student who decides to give up smoking. At first, he struggles, doing well for a week or two, but then he gives in to the urge to smoke. Finally, though, he is successful! His love for Jehovah and his desire to please Him have helped him to conquer the habit.—Col. 1:10; 3:23. w19.11 27 ¶9; 29 ¶10

[Sister Twister]

What ever we decide to do our motives are clear to Jehovah , he knows and its him we need to please not others .

 

If our motives are right Jehovah will help and support us and help us achieve our goal , so to have success we must start with the right motive.

[Elnathan]

It is refreshing to do spiritual things with joy & a humble desire to slave for Jehovah with fellow believers. The text helps us to make an honest self evaluation of what is really in our heart not in our mind with sincere reasoning not false ones. 
We also need to be careful of the tendency to be cynical to our brother’s motives instead of examining our own & avoid  being critical of others. 

[Vinnie]

 Who are we on the inside? When we examine our motives and  reasons for doing things, we grow as a person.  To be honest with yourself and others and Jehovah is something that has to be learned. It doesn't come naturally.  We may make errors in judgement along this road of self learning and discovery. It doesn't mean you are fake. A person who wonders if he is true or not is trying to better himself, and that is what Jehovah loves to see.