What is the Goal?

Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Some have deviated from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion.
1 Timothy 1:5‭-‬6 HCSB

If a teacher is not driven by love then they will be prone to have selfish motives. In other words am impure heart motive. When we instruct from selfishness and not a love for those being taught then we can abuse those we are to teach.

Today has been a difficult day. My employer is in court for misleading and cheating their clients, because of shareholders. I remember what the company was like before it demutualised. It cared for clients and planners. Not so now! The bottom line, profit rules. In other words impure motives have taken over.

When impure motives take over the consequences can be devastating. The people concerned are threatened with jail time. We are not talking rogue planners but the board of the company.

The revelation has been a devastation and chasing the dollar has not worked as the share price has fallen sharply. How foolish!

Just the same, I cannot be motivated by fear or greed. Both carry consequences. Divine consequences wait for those who use and abuse others. I cannot be a party to abuse. I must walk in integrity. Amen!