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On Motivation

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “The Wisdom of the Sands”

 

I came across this quote today (though I’m not sure it’s 100% accurate) and I think it applies wonderfully to pastoral ministry and the life of discipleship. It reminds me that I have a lot to learn about motivating myself and others. I need to keep a beautiful vision of God in front of me if I’m going to live a life worthy of the gospel and do the work of ministry.

Everyone Is A Disciple…

One thing is for sure: You are somebody’s disciple. You learned how to live from somebody else. There are no exceptions to this rule, for human beings are just the kind of creatures that have to learn and keep learning from others how to live.
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy (Page 271)

“Just Do Something” by Kevin DeYoung

“Just Do Something” by Kevin DeYoungJust Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will by Kevin DeYoung
Published by Moody Publishers on April 1, 2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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From the Back Cover:Hyper-spiritual approaches to finding God’s will don’t work. It’s time to try something new: Give up. Pastor and bestselling author Kevin DeYoung counsels Christians to settle down, make choices, and do the hard work of seeing those choices through. Too often, he writes, God’s people tinker around with churches, jobs, and relationships, worrying that they haven’t found God’s perfect will for their lives. Or-even worse-they do absolutely nothing, stuck in a frustrated state of paralyzed indecision, waiting…waiting…waiting for clear, direct, unmistakable direction. But God doesn’t need to tell us what to do at each fork in the road. He’s already revealed His plan for our lives: to love Him with our whole hearts, to obey His Word, and after that, to do what we like. No need for hocus-pocus. No reason to be directionally challenged. Just do something.

 

I’ll be posting some notes and a review of this book soon…stay tuned!

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