Motivation
I was thinking the other day of what motivates me to serve the Lord and walk in his ways. I feel that since we're all different, we probably have different things we think about to keep us on track.
For me, it's the thought of heaven.
I realized this when I was thinking about all of my favorite hymns, and most of them were about heaven. My favorite verses in those and other hymns were about heaven. Many of my favorite scriptures are about heaven as well.
I have to remind myself to keep my eyes upward on the final goal, prize, and destination and not glance down and get tangled up in all of the muddle of life and its daily problems.
So, my question is, what motivates you?
Are you like me, and remind yourself that there is something better and completely perfect ahead? Or do you remember God's love and grace to get you through the day? Or, do you look at God's creation and realize His awesome power? Do you use the amazing spiritual family he provided for us? Or do you have something else you concentrate on when the world is throwing its darts?
As a disclaimer, I'm in no way saying that only ONE of these can be your motivation, nor should be. But I do think we may have our own special secret ingredient that helps us when we need it most. And I'm just curious about what you might say :)
For me, it's the thought of heaven.
I realized this when I was thinking about all of my favorite hymns, and most of them were about heaven. My favorite verses in those and other hymns were about heaven. Many of my favorite scriptures are about heaven as well.
I have to remind myself to keep my eyes upward on the final goal, prize, and destination and not glance down and get tangled up in all of the muddle of life and its daily problems.
So, my question is, what motivates you?
Are you like me, and remind yourself that there is something better and completely perfect ahead? Or do you remember God's love and grace to get you through the day? Or, do you look at God's creation and realize His awesome power? Do you use the amazing spiritual family he provided for us? Or do you have something else you concentrate on when the world is throwing its darts?
As a disclaimer, I'm in no way saying that only ONE of these can be your motivation, nor should be. But I do think we may have our own special secret ingredient that helps us when we need it most. And I'm just curious about what you might say :)
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The older I get the more I realize that I make lousy decisions on my own. I just don't make good choices. And if I didn't have the Bible as my guide, my life would be such a train wreck. Every time I had a problem or a decision to make and followed a Bible principle, I came out all right. Every time I didn't follow a Bible principle and went with my gut instinct, I flamed, crashed, and burned. So one strong motivation I have is, I just cannot navigate my life without God. I really try hard to just turn my whole life over to God; it makes not only my eternal life secure, but really saves me a lot of problems, grief, and stupidity in my life here on earth. I just can't handle life on my own. Period. Full stop. -
I love God! I love Him for creating me, saving me, sustaining me, giving me love, hope, peace, forgiveness, grace and most of all His Son. I love Him for this and so much more and I don't want to disappoint my Father. -
I definitely think about Heaven as a motivation also. And I think about God's power...He spoke and the world was created! I think about how He knows everything, like mladyman was saying, I want to trust Him to direct my paths! -
Creation....it never lets you down as a couple of the other things could. -
Heyyy you. I wish you remembered me!