Energised for God!

“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” - Romans 12:9-11 NIV

Today, we are going to conclude our devotional series by looking at what it means to be motivated throughout our daily lives.

Motivations would be overflowed within us when we want to do something desperately. For example, I am motivated to finish theology. In fact, I am so motivated to study theology until it reaches to my limit. Nevertheless, when we are motivated to do something, our capacity for learning is least of our worries. I believe the specific meaning of motivation is empowerment. Thus, motivator defines someone who stir us up to the full potential on how we want to be lived out. A person who motivates me the most is my mentor. She wants to nurture me in the faith and is great supporter in fulfilling my dream. In other words, she prompts me to move forward in the faith of Jesus Christ through the Spirit of God.

God has poured His Spirit into us, as an advocate, to move forward through the faith of Jesus Christ (John 14:15-27). Thus, we have to recognise the Holy Spirit as our greatest motivator. The Spirit of God is not just the Holy Spirit, but He is also the Spirit of the righteousness (Romans 8:1-17), the Spirit of the life (John 6:63-65), the Spirit of the truth (John 16:7-15), and the Spirit of the freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17). I think I became a true follower of Jesus Christ in one of the potluck parties because of the empowerment of the Spirit. I felt the Spirit was prompting me to know Jesus better. The main reason for this is probably I was in religious side. To be more specific, I was pleasing people, instead of God. I did not think about Him at all. Two years later, I received spiritual gift. The Spirit of God has been empowering me to write devotional since October of 2013. Because of these, I am grateful to God and I found my dream, which is to become a Christian Writer. We are probably able to receive the Spirit of God if we desire to know God, even though this is completely in God’s timing (Luke 11:11-13). God desires us to know Him as much as possible, due to the fact that we are created by God and to be His children through faith in Christ (Ephesians 1:3-14).