God's will and motives

@Jotomy (6322)
India
September 2, 2010 12:09pm CST
Hi friends, I feel if we do things for people, and our motives are impure, we are out of God's will. Not every work that appears to be good is good. A work is good only if it is done in the will of God. We should regularly take some time and ask ourselves why are doing the things we do. It is not what we do that impresses God; it is the WHY behind what we do that he is concerned with. Do you agree with this. If so, please share with me. God bless you all.
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7 responses
• India
3 Sep 10
Hello, I absolutely agree with you. Reason should prevail all our actions. We should first identify our purpose in life. This is not as easy as it sounds to be. It definitely needs a long train of introspective thoughts. Once your purpose is identified you may decide to do only those actions that are in conformity with your purpose. Any action that creates obstacle in the path of attaining your goal is to be avoided. In my belief happiness is the single most effective measure of how holy a person can be. As long as you are happy you know for sure that you are in the right path. Whenever you feel sorry, or, discontented there is a need to review your practices. A truly holy person will never be unhappy. Thanks. God bless you
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• India
3 Sep 10
You are scaring me with those complements. I know I don't deserve them. I don't think I say something totally novel. I always repeat things that I've learned from others or from life itself. Regarding publishing a book, I don't think the time is ripe yet. I still have so many things to learn. Of course I can immediately write a book on how stupid I think I am.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
3 Sep 10
Hi biswa, You have a talent of writing articles excellently. Even this response is very nice. Why can't you become a member in publishers of books in your area? True i agree with you, a true holy person will never be unhappy because he never do any mistakes in his/her life so where is the chance of being unhappy?
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
3 Sep 10
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 Sep 10
I do think that you are right. Now when I make a move in my life, I do it because it feels good to me. In addition to that, I do think about what it is going to do other people as well. I hate to make a move in my life that will hurt another person intentionally. I know that there are a lot of people in the world that are vengeful, but I am not one of those kind of people and the decisions that I make in my life tend to reflect that.
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@Jotomy (6322)
• India
5 Sep 10
Hi dorannmwin, how are you? You are simply good, yeah hurting some one is not good. Nobody i think wanted to hurt someone, it happens sometimes, what the other person talks. Thanks for your nice response. Have a happy weekend.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Sep 10
Hullo Jo! Are you taking about intentions and whether a good deed that is backed by a bad or unworthy intention would really be a good deed in God's Eyes? I find thta you ahve something in mind , but the meaning is slightly unclear. Have I interpeted it correctly or would you like to clarify? We can discuss this after that.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
2 Sep 10
Hi kala, my friend you can, i feel it is my pleasure to hear from you.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
2 Sep 10
actually my intention of starting this discussion is having some reason. And that reason or motive for doing the things we do is very important is it. God wants us to have pure hearts in whatever the work we do, the deed what we do is not only to please the people but also to the god and that deeds must be god's will. But what we are seeing around the world is very different example we can take our dirty politicians, even the priests in the temples (as you aware of this, i think you might have seen TV news) even common man like us we do sometimes to please some one but that deed may not be appreciated or will of the god. What do you say kala. Have you observed this. And i can say some people will do sin in the name of friendship etc., is it god's will? Hurting someone with the words is it god's wish. We always observing this kind of things which is deadly against to the god's will and wish. Kala, i know we are experiencing each and every day such kind of things knowingly or unknowingly we also doing such kind of things, is it not.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
2 Sep 10
Thank you Jo! We normally do not respect good deeds that are done with a poor motive like showing off, publicity etc.. because whether God appreciates it or not most of them are not longlasting. THe receiver or beneficiary of a good deed sees through the intention of the doer in most cases and he/she does not feel good about it.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Sep 10
hi jotomy if we do things to help people because we truly wish to help out of love and carin I think thats Gods will but if we are just trying to rack up brownie points for praise or for otthers to think we really something that's all wrong. you give of yourself when you give help and do it honestly, anything else is false and wrong.I have heard church women say oh I m going to give these old dresses to Mrs.Jones so nobody can say I have not been a good christian. wrong all wrong,. that's not why we should help someone give from the heart out of compassion and love not for gaining anything for ones self.If we look down and sneer at the person we are supposedly helping we are being horrible not christian not doing God's will.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
3 Sep 10
Hi Hatley, how are you? Yes Hatley, we are doing wrong this to please someone which is not god's will. I feel this is some what cheating ourselves. True whatever we do we must do with the heart not expecting anything from them. Thanks for your nice response. Have a great weekend.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
4 Sep 10
I do agree that it is the intent behind our actions that counts. We are all imperfect beings who at one time or another have made mistakes. We may have inadvertently hurt others too during our journey and sometimes that is inevitable but if our intent is to express love and kindness we cannot go wrong. My belief is that we should live our lives with the best of intentions and accept that there is a good reason for everything that happens although it may not feel like that at the time!
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@Jotomy (6322)
• India
5 Sep 10
Hi paula, friend how are you? i totally agree for this. Hurting some one is hurting ourselves is it not, we would n't forget those things, may be after some days it will dig our brain and it will pinch our heart also. Thanks for your response. Have a happy weekend.
• Canada
3 Sep 10
The Jewish/Christian/Islam god is evil and cruel, so you are pretty spot on. That is a god who wants non-believers to die, and it doesn't matter how good they are, how young they are, or if they're a man or woman. (Deuteronomy 13:6-11, Quran 4:89, 2:191). The question is, why would you worship and believe in an evil god such as that?
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
4 Sep 10
Hi friend, can you explain me what GOD is in your words?
• Canada
4 Sep 10
God is a mythical notion and imaginary friend that has held back the advancement and common good of humanity for centuries.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
3 Sep 10
I agree with you. Everything we do must be based and aims to God. If we perform in accordance with the instructions of God, there would be something good for us. God will always guide us, if we always remember and believe in God. God must be guiding all human life.
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
4 Sep 10
Hi indahfth, how are you? true, god will always guide us, see whenever we are doing any work, our conscious will be telling that you should not do or you can go for it. But sometimes we will not hear to our conscious when it say good and we do the same as we wish that i feel that one is against to the god. God always warn us indirectly, if they hear to the conscious then they will be in safe or if they do against to the conscious then they have to suffer whole life some times. What i mean to say is here our conscious (a god within us) is attached to God, what is good what is bad it knows but we never try to hear it and invite more problems day by day. Thanks for your nice response. Have a happy weekend.