Motivation

These demotivational posters were hilarious to me when I first saw them. I had the -Potential- one as my desktop wallpaper for the longest time. But the more I looked at them, the more I realized how sadly true a lot of them are. So many people, especially my generation of teens and 20 somethings, aren't motivated by anything. Whenever I realize a prevalent attitude of my generation, I try to decide 1) If I have that same attitude and 2) should I have that attitude. So . . .

Am I motivated?

If I am, what is it that motivates me?

Should I be motivated, and what should motivate me?

And here's my conclusion. 

I have a lot of motivators in my life. Many times my personal gain is my strongest reason for accomplishing something. Oh, I have hopes for a career and those push me to do well in school. My pride motivates me to become better, because you know I have to be better than the people around me, or so I tell myself. Money motivates me to go to work. Pretty selfish and materialistic, right? I know. I knew especially when I read this verse

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Christ died for me. I'm to live, not for myself, but for Him who died for me. It's nothing for me to be motivated by money, or pride, or even something like love for my family. It's empty, because when I come to the Judgment Seat of Christ, it won't matter. Nothing, nothing I have done with my life will matter unless I have lived my life for the One who died and was raised.

Motivation gives purpose to your life and mine. With Christ as my motivation, I have real purpose. My future is somewhat up in the air at the moment, full of possibility . . . but it's the possibility of failure that scares me. But does it matter? Some, yes. But that verse really says it all because 'those who live might no longer live for themselves'. Do you know how much pressure that takes off of me? I don't have to live for myself and submit myself to that kind of pressure. I can live for Christ's sake and let Him do the rest. I like that. I love that. God is so good to me, a selfish, worthless human being. How could I not give Him my life?

m(r)