It is common for us to ask ourselves why we are doing one thing or another, but it can be a confusing matrix of shoulds and shouldn'ts, oughts and ought nots.
In Galatians 2:6-10, the Apostle Paul makes is very clear that he was completely unmotivated by people's expectations or their status. While he was submissive and in harmony with the direction given to him by godly advisors (James, Peter and John in this case), his motives sprung from personal and internal conviction: "All they asked was that we should remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do." (v. 10) Their desires resonated completely with his own.
Finding our own calls of conscience and internal motivations is a great heart-check that will keep us freely and eagerly doing good instead of feeling compelled by the desires of others.
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