July 21, 2015
Dishonest Scales
I’m frustrated about the
weight I’ve gained so I scheduled a consultation with a physical fitness
nutritionist. When we talked on the phone her question to me was, “What do you
want to accomplish?” The only thing that came to mind was motivation. I already
know how to diet and exercise…I think I
was born dieting, but right now I have absolutely no motivation. Since the
conversation however, I’ve continued to think about her question and I realize
that what I’m really lacking is accountability. It wasn’t very long before the Spirit
pricked my conscious with the thought that there probably isn’t any difference
between avoiding the bathroom scales and dishonest scales. “The LORD abhors
dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight” (Proverbs 11:1 NIV).
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Gail;
-----Motivation seems to come in pieces of different neighborhoods. Something arises to prominence in the neighborhood of desires. It is greeted by an open gate from the neighborhood of confidence. Desire sees a way through an open gate in the neighborhood of possibilities. From the neighborhood of initiative comes selection, a narrowing of focus onto a few possibilities. Then those possibilities are mixed into goals and plans on the block of aspiration within the neighborhood of reason. Down the street from aspiration, analysis renders steps and procedures from goals and plans. Then success is wrung from steps and procedures inside effort‘s neighborhood.
-----Maintaining motivation through the processes unto reaching the goal requires occasional visits to the different neighborhoods. Discernment indicates which neighborhood needs visited when. Self-control delivers the visit (thus it is important fruit of the Spirit.)
-----Motivation is not an independent attitude always hung on a certain peg in the soul’s tool shed, brought out and applied to whatever decision has been next made. Motivation is a set of emotions and evaluations shaped as much by the thing desired as it is made of the person desiring it. It emerges from the situation, which includes you, and it changes and morphs with the situation, as life continues to relentlessly do. When motivation dissipates, one or more of its parts has lost your dedication, or has morphed to being outside your interest. Developing the skill to troubleshoot waning motivation and repair or recreate its dissipating parts (or even to reorganize some of your neighborhoods) is well worth the effort.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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