MOTIVATED TO LOVE
Get Motivated!
If everything
where to end today would you have accomplished all your dreams? Would you have
lived a life for the things that really mattered? Do you know the things that
really matter? Would you be remembered? If you had one chance to go back and
live a life that counts would you capture that moment? We only have one chance,
only one life to live we must not let it slip away. We must find the Great
Motivation in this life before it is too late! This book I am writing will be the one book
that will help you capture that moment from this point on.
If you had only one day left to live on this earth what
would you do? What would you be motivated by on that last day? What’s your
motivation? Everyone who lives is motivated by something. If you were lying on
your death bed and looked backed at your life could you define what motivated
your life? Life is a precious gift but if death came knocking right now how
would you respond? What makes you live the way you live? Is it family? Is it
money? Is it fame? What is your life motivation? And remember I have never seen
a hearse on its way to the funeral towing a U-Haul trailer with all our
possessions behind it. Another question to
ask is how will people remember you? What will your epitaph read? What will
your legacy be? What really matters to you the most in this life? What will you
take with you to the next life?
Take a moment to reflect on that question. Take as much
time as you need and reflect on what truly motivates your life right now? What
motivates our lives determines our eternity.
Listen to some of the words of a very wise man:
6:19
“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 6:21 For where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.[1]
The biggest factor in determining how we live our lives
can be found in what motivates us. To speak of death may sound gloomy because
it is our greatest fear in this life but death also helps us to contemplate and
find our true motivation. The fact of
the matter is that death is a reality that all of us will face someday. But
death loses its power over our lives if we live a life motivated for what
really matters. We all have only one life to live and when we live a life that
really matters when we face our death bed we can utter the words of the Great
Apostle Paul:
4:7
I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith! 4:8 Finally the crown of
righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it
to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their
affection on his appearing. [2]
What will your epitaph say? What
will be the legacy you leave behind for your family and friends? How will
people remember you? Ponder those questions for a moment and write down how you
want the world to remember you. Answering this question will give us a lot of
insight to what stage of your life you are currently in. We will be starting a jounrey together to find our current life stage and in accessing our stage in life will be able to direct us to "What Really Matters."
[1]
Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The
NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Mt
6:19–21). Biblical Studies Press.
[2]
Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The
NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (2 Ti
4:7–8). Biblical Studies Press.
