Where do you find your motivation? What drives you? Are you doing what is right?
Most people never really think of this and thus squander the abilities and gifts God has given them. Most people don’t look at the world around them, they look inward and the box they refuse to step out of. In that box is everything you need to stay in your comfort zone, which is NOT the zone we should strive to be in. The comfort zone is where dreams go to die. It is the rut in life you can never get out of, the golden handcuffs. It is not where the fight is, the fight is outside of the box. The fight is where our faith and life is tested.
We should be looking outward, as my pastor recently preached. Facing outward you see everything from a different perspective, you appreciate everything more and look at yourself and ask, what can I do to make a difference? It may be that change in your perspective could turn around your life and those you know.
I bring this up because today I want to tell you where I get my motivation from. Its from the young man in that picture. You see he was someone I worked for and admired. He was a mentor. He died on Sept 11, 2001 at the Pentagon. I hope to see him again some day. When I need motivation, when I need drive, when life hurts, I think of Cliff. I am still here, I can make a difference. So can you, if you want to.
We don’t need to go to Seminary to preach the Gospel. Jesus chose unlettered fisherman to be his disciples, the guys none of us would pick. You see, what the world thinks of you and what God does are not the same. So be brave, find out what your talents are and use them.
You are still here, and you can make a difference.