What causes us to do the things we do? What makes us get up every morning? The answer is that something or someone is motivating us. Motivation is part of the human condition. We need motivation in order to start and continue the things we do. This is obvious in the work that “puts food on the table." Most people are motivated to work by the paycheck that they will receive for their work and the provision that paycheck will provide. But motivation is not so obvious when it come to the work of the Gospel in the Church. Often the motivation that people respond to when it comes to following Christ is just wrong. Guilt, fear, and power, for example, are all possible and often common motivators. What should motivate us to serve Jesus as Christians? That’s the question we will consider as we unpack the next passage in the Deep and Wide series through the book of Romans.