Knowing Your Why

Knowing your why

 
    Michael Jr. is a comedian with his own YouTube channel. Michael Jr. uses his comedy not just to give opportunities for laughs, but also for understanding. In the following video, he discusses the difference between doing something and knowing why you’re doing it.

   Now someone posted a comment on the board of the video expressing how they were still looking for how the Word of God backs up what he says. And I answered him. I'm going to post the same answer here for you.

    I think I know what he means better today. Ecclesiastes 9:10 comes to mind and Colossians 3:23 corresponds to it. 

    Lots of people don't share or give, unless there's something in it for them. If I work in a box office selling tickets, I could coast through and perform my function dryly, but adequately (the first time he sung). But when life beats you down enough, when your heart is continually broken and most importantly, if you are truly born again, you become the best box office person you can possibly be. Because now your heart is invested in the expression of where you are (the second time he sung). All that pain from wicked enemies and false friends has you letting go of those invisible fetters for approval of people. You need God every second. You honor God with your work and you bless the ticket buyers with genuine compassionate care knowing you'd want the same. WHAT you do is now enhanced by WHY you do it the way you do. Why it matters. You apply it to all you do. You accept and believe the commandment to love your neighbors as yourself. In all you do. Your heart behind it is the reason why.