Motivation

There are thousands of causes that people live and work for.  Some people work for money, others work for purpose, some are only desperate to provide for their family.  A lot of youth in our nation are still seeking for any kind of motivation.  So where can it be found?

Is it found in the first identifiable need that comes around?  The man that has lived his whole life unsatisfied with all he lacks, does he turn to money to fill it?  The man with a family of mouths to feed, does he sacrifice his dreams to provide?

This idea of motivation, and the labor that comes about from it, is it ever spurred by a true choice?  Or is it only just a response to all that is missing in one's life?

Money is worth working for, for those who think they need it.
Purpose is a great need, for those who feel they have none.
Family is a truly noble fight, for everyone who has one.

Those without motivation are the free to choose their own.  To live a life free of need, and never be left wanting.  That is the blessing of the spoiled.  But even for them, comfort becomes a need that must be maintained.  A new motivation that, whenever threatened, drives one to do anything to keep it. 

I believe I have struggled with this motivation.  A motivation that above many things, draws out the selfishness of an individual.  Not even the labor that results from it is for anyone but themselves.  At least one who provides for their family benefits their family, but those who strive for their own comfort are only striving for themselves.  In a sense, all these motivations are selfish, to fulfill a need within, but some are more productive than others.  Some results are more tangible than others, but the value to the individual is always the same.

What are you working for?  I can say that sadly, I don't have to work too hard for my comfort, I actually feel a whole lot more comfortable not working at all.  That is a motivation I believe God calls me to lose.  Just like the man who works for his family, his service is for them.  If their is any motivation worth replacing my own with, it is in service of the Great Provider, the Great Comforter, and the one from whom all things come.

That is my desire, to have my life revolve around someone other than myself. A labor that is active and not passive.  God is not going to take the back burner in my life, it is my life that must be put in His hands.