Motivation for Life

I was just listening to a motivational speaker on a religious station who was motivating young football players with a speech about doing your best for those who depend on you family, friends , buddies, etc. and they heard it and after their game they were so proud of how they played because of the speech they had heard and for their family and friends.

How sad in the early part of the speakers talk he talked about those who were overcome with the burden of fulfilling the expectations of others and by the end of his talk he was telling them to do their best for those who depend on them.

What he should have told them is that many fail in life because they cannot carry the burden of what they expect to accomplish especially when they add the burden of what others want or demand of them.

When we try to satisfy our own desires and expectations we will fail, when we try to fulfill the expectations of others we will fail!

No matter how well we live life, how successful we are in our own eyes or in the eyes of others. No matter how well we do as a person, spouse, parent, employee we will always fail. True success is not in accomplishments how we feel about ourselves or how others feel about us.

True success only comes in fulfilling the will of GOD! The only way to succeed in life is to yield everything to GOD! The only way to do that is to follow Jesus’ advice, “Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I am gentile and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV

There is no level of success without Christ that counts for anything! No matter how you do or do not succeed in life it does not count if you do not do it in Christ. Everything we do in this life is just wood, hay and stubble unless it is done in Christ.

If you want to succeed and be able to carry the responsibility of life you can only do it in Christ. “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true GOD and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” and, “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” John 17:3; 14:6 NKJV