Did you ever think about what moves you, what motivates you?

Some people are moved by basic needs – food, water, shelter. Others are moved by their need for approval. Some are driven by a desire for success, possessions, power. Some are just trying to find a way for the pain to go away. Sometimes these people develop dependencies, addictions. They are then moved to satisfy those dependencies. But everyone is moved, is motivated by something.

Personally, I am moved by ice cream. If there is ice cream in the freezer, I hear it calling my name. Ice cream moves me from the comfort of my recliner to the freezer. Everyone is moved by something.

I was thinking about this in relation to Jesus. The Bible says that Jesus was “moved with compassion”. The love of God inside of Him moved Him.

In Matthew 14, He was moved with compassion and healed the sick.
In Mark 1, He was moved with compassion and cleansed the leper.
In Matthew 15, He was moved with compassion and miraculously fed four thousand.
In Matthew 20, the compassion of Jesus healed two blind men.
In Mark 5, the compassion of the Lord delivered the demon possessed man.
In Luke 7, Jesus had compassion on the widow woman and raised her son from the dead.

It’s clear from these examples that the compassion of God is not wimpy, it’s not mere sympathy. The compassion of God releases God’s power to bring deliverance, freedom to all in its path.

The Bible teaches us the the love of God has been poured out in our hearts. So if you have made Jesus your Lord, that same compassion that moved Jesus now lives in you. When you allow that compassion that is in you to move you, you will get the same results that Jesus did: sick people will be healed, oppressed people will be set free. The Spirit of God is in you to lead you and guide you. When you allow His compassion to lead you, it will take you to a place of miracles. It really is that simple. The love of God in action produces miracles.