Topic:Motivation
Text: Luke 14:25-33

Your level of motivation determines the totality of your physical and spiritual achievements in life. Motivation is persuading someone to reach a goal. But why would one be persuaded to reach a goal? It may be for a change of state where one may wish to avoid the stigma of non-achievement. It may be cause there is comfort waiting for one upon the attainment of the goal.

Jesus is our perfect example. He was highly motivated. He had a goal and was resolutely determined to achieve it. In Hebrews 12:2, the Bible says, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.’ Jesus Christ endures the cross because He knew that, after the cross, He would obtain a name above all names.

Moreover, if you are walking towards a goal, you must count the cost of reaching the goal and must be willing to pay the price. A goal that does not cost you anything will never get you anywhere. For example, if you have to step out while it is raining you must be prepared to get wet. You will have to compare the cost of achieving your purpose for getting out in the rain and the cost of not achieving it when you sit at home. Jesus Christ counted the cost before He went to the cross.

That is why He laid emphasis on goal setting and planning. Luke 14:28-30 says: “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest happily, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it: all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, this man began to build, and was not able to finish.” Do you desire to build a physical or spiritual tower? You must be ready to pay the price. Remember, achieving life’s goals is no easy task. You may go through crisis in spite of the fact that God loves you.

It is a glorious thing to be a favourite of God but if you go through the scriptures, you will discover that it is the favourites of God whom God dealt with harshly most. The way He dealt with all other nations of the world is different from the way He dealt with the children of Israel. Therefore, if things appear tough, it does not mean that you will not achieve your goals. Impossibilities usually precede great achievements. They are forerunners of great exploits.

Memory Verse: Romans 8:38.39 - “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature…”