Love's Motivation
A dedicated focus on the person that we love
Is illustrative of the love God has for us above
He's with us every moment watching everything we do
And gives us loving counsel in each daily challenge too
He's always there to help us when He sees we need a hand
Encouraging our progress when we need the strength to stand
He hears each prayer we whisper long before it leaves our lips
And waits along our chosen path to catch us when we slip
And when absorbed in anguish for some past sin we have done
He's always there to dress us in the goodness of His Son
And always always always when our hearts are crushed with pain
He's waiting with His loving grace to make us whole again
But unlike us He never forces upon us His will
He never tries to make us move when we choose to be still
He never holds a jealous grudge against something we've done
Nor does He work against our will to stop us when we run
Ahead in our presumption thinking what we know is best
When He knows more than anything we need His grace in rest
Preparing for the road ahead with challenges we'll meet
To make us blessings for the souls of others that we greet
With words of His encouragement from time we've spent with Him
Those words specifically His own He shared with us for them
Because He knows the future and the plans He has for us
If we'll but give our hearts to Him and place in Him our trust
The way we would another whom we knew did love us best
Who saw in us great promise even though they knew the rest
Of everything we've done before how evil we have been
And even suffered for the faults of our own selfish sin
So if you love another as God's love is shown to you
And plan your life to bless their walk in everything they do
Then you will find a blessing unlike you have known before
If you make God the focal point in how to love them more
And also in so doing you will learn a lesson well
No mind can clearly comprehend no tongue can plainly tell
You'll learn there is no limit to what God will help us be
When true love is the motivation lived in you and me
Isaiah 41:9-13; Revelation 3:18-22; John 3:16-17; Jeremiah 29:11-13