Door of Hope - A Free Course

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Day 1 - Part 2

Secondly, we must desire to change for the right reasons. The motives behind our decision to seek help are very important. Unless our motives are the right ones, chances are the freedom that we desire will elude us. So what is the proper motive, the one that will lead to freedom? The proper biblical motive for any kind of life change must be the glory of God.

Many times for married men with whom I've talked, their motivation is a desire to keep or regain their wife and family. While this is a noble-sounding motive, it is not a bedrock motive - the kind that will withstand the trials and tribulations that inevitably come our way. Suppose a wife leaves anyway? Is the journey out of homosexuality still worthwhile? Probably not, in the mind of the person whose primary motivation is to keep the family intact. If the family's presence in our lives is the only thing keeping us on track, where are we if they should suddenly not be there?

Shon writes: "When I came to Setting Captives Free, I wanted God to just take these sinful desires away from me so that I would no longer feel guilty for what I was doing. I wanted to stop hurting my wife and making her cry. I wanted to be an example of purity for my children so that they would have someone to look up to. I wanted to tell the leaders in my church that I was no longer falling so they would be proud of me. 'My guilt... my wife...my children... my church' were the motives for seeking freedom, but I never thought once about God or seeking purity for His glory. My reasons for wanting to be free from lust, porn and sexual immorality were purely selfish at the beginning, but once I began to see how God could use my testimony of purity for HIS glory it made all the difference in ...

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