I’ve been there.
I’ve done that.
What have I done? I’ve made silly mistakes. I didn’t take the time to proofread a blog and posted it with three typos. I made an assumption and didn’t check which Decatur I was to go to and, well… went to the wrong one!
Why did I do that? Was I lazy? Was I simply in a hurry? I do not remember (or at least claim that right now… Ha!). What I do know is that what I did was not excellent. It also did not bring glory to God nor honor to me. Many of my co-workers still have not let me live down driving to Decatur, IL instead of Decatur, AL. IT. IS. ONE. LETTER. that will haunt me for the rest of this side of eternity.
God created me in his image. He created our world with excellence and precision and calls me to live the same in bringing glory to His name. Sometimes I lean back on faith as being good enough. I’ll never forget the season of life when God brought 2 Peter 1 to light for me:
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
2 Peter 1:5-10
God wants me to have faith. He also wants me to add to my faith so that I live a life of quality and excellence. What is God calling you to do with excellence today? Over the next few weeks during the month of May, we are going to spend a few moments talking through the First Priority core value of Excellence. I look forward to our interactions!
