WOW .. i have been so busy lately with school that i haven't had time to blog at all. I've hardly have time to think about anything. So much work and it's only my Freshman year. But its all good, work and stress creates character =] Haha or at least thats what they all say .. Thought these past couple weeks there has been something on my mind. Motivation. Theres a couple reasons i've been thinking about motivation. One, its that time in school where your just getting sick of it and your work is piling up, your so tired and constantly doing work, and personally, i am a huge procrastinator. Big issue. I always wait til last minute .. And i have the hardest time getting the motivation to do it. Another thing .. I LOVE running, working out, yoga, all that good stuff. I love it, i love doing it, i love how it makes you feel, but i have a hard time finding the motivation to actually get up and do it. A friend told me recently, that the only cure to procrastination is to just DO IT. You just have to get up, and do it. But anyways .. thats not the type of motivation im talkin about. I dont know really why i brought that up lol. ANYWAYS .. The type of motivation i'm talking about is our motivation to go to church. What we go for. Why we get up SO early on a Sunday (or at least i do =P) to go down to a building with a bunch of people in it, and listen to someone preach about the Bible, the word of God.
You see, i have been noticing something these past couple weeks about the motivation of the people around me to go to church. Along with myself. Not in a judgmental way, because we all get sidetracked.
People wonder why other people say "i know your type" "i can read you, who you are" and all that, but really, there is so much that tells who a person is. For an example .. when your at church, and your all happy to be there, chillin with your friends, laughing and having fun, then someone suggests, HAY lets just skip out on service this one time, we can just chill here and have fun. Its ok if we dont go to the service just this time. What is it saying about you? If yo go to church, but dont here the message, why are you there??? The whole reason of the Church is for you to come, hear the word of God, be in his presence, and have your life changed. You see, sometimes we loose the meaning of church. Sometimes we get into a rut, and the TRUE reason that we go, is for another reason other than god. We go for our friends, to hang out, have fun inbetween services, or your boyfriend/girlfriend will be there and thats the only reason you even want to go. And during service, your not really concentrating. Your sitting there knodding your head, raising your hands, jumping around in worship, GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, but during the whole thing, in your head your thinking about .. "what am i gonna do later? I should see if me and my friends can hang after church. Ughh this service is so long, i wish it was over already so i could go talk to my friends, i have something really important to tell them". That shows that you are not in church for the right reasons. You should be listening so intently that your not paying attention to the people beside you. Take in the pastors words of wisdom, they will guide you through that rough time that you were needing to talk to your friend about. Not only is it the wrong motivation, but it is disrespectful to the pastors. They spend months preparing this word to be spoken into your life. And when you dont listen? Just think about that ..When you worship, worship from the depths of your soul, with all of your heart. Dont just go through the motions. Years and years and years ago Pastor Travis spoke a message about just going through the motions of church, doing the same thing every Sunday, and it has stuck with me through all this time. If you've been a Christ follower for a long time now, and you haven't reached out to non-Christians .. then what are you doing?? Our soul purpose, the reason God put us here, is to reach every person on this earth and lead them to Him. If your just sitting in church every week, and not spreading the word, not reaching out to others, just trying to save yourself, then i dont think were doing our job. I believe that we all get into this motion now and then. But we gotta set ourselves straight, and remember what we should be goin for.
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