"That person suffers from a lack of motivation."

I heard that saying many years ago but I never thought about the powerful implications of it.   

Consider the thoroughbred racehorse.   Given the reasonable physical assets of the horse, the difference between a winner and an also ran is the spirit of the horse.   

Some horses want to run and some don`t.   

You can whip or spur a horse and make him run.   But one that requires such physical motivation will never outrun a horse that simply loves to run.   

And then there is the horse that has spirit but he is impossible to control.   Such a horse will run only when he wants to.   Such a horse will go in the direction he wants to.   

You can`t give a being spirit.   
They either have it or they don`t.   

You can`t determine what kind of spirit a being has.   
   → selfish or giving
   → bitter or sweet
   → harsh or kind
   → hateful or loving
   → sad or joyful
   → anxious or peaceful
   → wild or moderate
   → evil or good
   → negative or positive

But the Lord Jesus Christ can.   

Every human since Adam is born with Sin Nature spirit.   That spirit was incapable of consistently pursuing anything good despite the fact it still had some faint knowledge of the Creator in it.   

As a result, invariably a person will gravitate toward the most basic characteristic of the Sin Nature - to do what is in the best interest of itself.   

Given the innate tendencies of the soul to respond to the demands of the body, there was an inevitable shrinking of the person into a black hole into which everything was drawn but nothing came out.   

Families would break down.   Communities would break down.   Nations would break down.   The world would erupt in war.   

"For God so loved the world..." Joh 3:16,17

Our Creator had better things for mankind than for it to wallow in self-destructive sin.   

The story of Christ Jesus is simply the story of the Creator of all things doing what He had to do to save His creation.   

Our Creator is a spirit being Joh 4:24.    He is good.   He is love    ⇒ actually He is all those things on the right side of the list above and more.   

The primary objective of the Lord Jesus Christ was to enable us to receive His Spirit - the Holy Spirit.   

By faith in His finished work we are Born Again as New Spirit beings.   We receive the nature of our Creator.   

The Holy Spirit becomes our motivation.   

The only thing that holds a New Creature In Christ Jesus back is his contaminated soul.   That soul must be transformed by the renewing of the mind.   

This occurs as the person pours themselves into the Word Of The Lord and spends time fellowshipping with the Lord by Praying In The Spirit.   

The motivation of a person who receives the Holy Spirit and submits their soul to Him reflects the motivation of Him who fills him.   

Submit yourselves therefore to the Lord.     Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Jam 4:7 These commands ensure victory.      The Lord wants only your best interest served, so work with Him.      Satan, on the other hand, is the enemy and must be resisted whenever and wherever he appears.      We submit from our will just as we rebel from our will.     The rebellious attitude leads to destruction while the submissive attitude leads to eternal, abundant life in the Holy Spirit.      By the way, you don't have to submit to someone who has Extreme Sovereignty.

Any person who subscribes to the above will be successful in the best possible definition of that word Rom 11:33 .   

Any person who rejects the Lord Jesus Christ will be a failure in the worst possible definition of that word Rev 20:15 Mat 24:50,51 .   

Don`t suffer from a lack of motivation and don`t be destroyed by a selfish motivation.   
Come to Christ Jesus and receive Him as your Saviour, Lord and King.   

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which the Lord hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10 The Lord s plan was ordained or decreed, and big part of that plan is that all men come to repentance, receive Christ Jesus and be born by the Holy Spirit as children of the Lord.     But that hasn't happened because of Free Will.      Our part is to willingly, freely receive Him and so be part of His Plan.      Even after being Born Again as New Spirit beings we must, in our soul (mind and emotions), willingly and purposely abstain from sin, spend time in the Word and pray in the Holy Spirit so that we be transformed by the Renewing of our minds.      So, we walk in good works only when and to the extent that we are led by the Holy Spirit.