Inspired to Action!

Inspiration can come in many ways. We can see someone working and get inspired. We can hear a speech, attend an event, or even just watch a sunrise and be inspired.

But inspiration is not enough.

Inspiration is a feeling. Inspiration is something that takes place on the inside. What we do with inspiration is what matters. Lots of people get inspired one way or the other only to allow that feeling to pass. They bask in the animated feelings for the moment, but quickly lose sight of what they had experienced.

In order to properly utilize inspiration, you have to allow it to transform itself into motivation. You have to get provoked to do something with all of those happy, bouncing feelings on the inside. You have to set a goal.

Then you have to allow motivation to turn into action. So many people get stuck on motivation and never move to action! (Myself included) We love to be inspired. We get motivated after sitting down and envisioning ourselves being successful and thinking about how we can better our lives. But somewhere in the midst of putting our hands to do the action we lose all of our resolve.

Today, take some time to move further into action. Don't just think about what you can do, form out a plan and do something on that plan. Send an email, call a contact, write a proposal, buy the healthier option... Take action today!

The thing about action is once you start a ball rolling - it's rolling! You're on your way to the end goal. Today, get that ball rolling (or rolling again). Pray and ask the Lord to help you translate your inspiration into motivation into action. And if you have no inspiration, ask the Lord to fill you up with what you need to get going. Then, get going!

Verse of the Day: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10