LacOmoto

My brother asked an interesting question the other day: How come finals week and lack of motivation always go hand in hand?

If you're a college student, or have ever been a college student, I'm 99.99999% sure you can identify with that question and relate to the very same feelings of lacOmoto (lack of motivation). Just on Saturday, as I was taking my last algebra quiz, I thought to myself, "I don't care anymore. I'm sure I could figure out this problem if I sat here for awhile . . . but I just don't want to." Towards the end, our brains feel flat, fried, and frenzied. We'd rather be out frolicking in the snow, making Christmas cookies, or drinking hot coffee with friends than pouring over endless amounts of material.

Yep. Finals week is a killer for us all.

My hope and prayer is that we will not have this same lacOmoto in our spiritual lives. May we never get to the point when we say that we "just don't care" anymore about the lost souls hurting around us, or that our brains "just can't take anymore" time in the Word. In Galatians 6:9-10, Paul exhorts the believers: "Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of faith."

How's your spiritual motivation? Are you seeking out the lost and pouring into them? Are you reaching out to love the unlovable, clothe the naked, feed the hungry? I hope and pray that we can declare along with Paul, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing." (2 Timothy 4:7-8)