Excellence --What We're Made For

Are you just getting by? Running from duty to duty? practice to practice? meeting to meeting? Doing what you have to do, but not always what you want to do? Wondering when rest will come? And maybe feeling a little numb?

There is a reason for that.  We as humans aren't designed for just getting by.

We are designed to pursue excellence (1Timothy 6:11, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27). When we live our lives just barely getting by, we aren't accepting the free gift of abundant life that we have been offered in Christ. That isn't what God wants for us, and a life lived outside of His will can cause boredom, discomfort, and unrest. 

God did not make us for that. He made us to be passionate & powerful (2 Timothy 1:7). He made us to get filled up to overflowing so that our passion and excitement spills out onto those around us. When we live that out, we feel free (Philippians 2:17). 

Stifling our creativity & holding back our passions has  paralyzed our true identities. Sometimes it even makes us question who we are & what our purpose truly is.

It's time we stop doing this. We only have a little time on this earth. It's time we each step into our true calling and pursue it with all our might. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Just getting by is like wearing shoes that are too small. You might get used to them but they will cause damage to your feet. Eventually you will have to deal with the pain. I don't know about you but I'm ready to put on the shoes that will help me win the race God has given me to do, not just amble along barely getting anywhere.

Join me this week as I get back to my passions, as I start to remember my dreams and how they were placed in my heart by a God who loves me and desires my all.  My teachable spirit is ready to listen, pen in hand, running shoes tied on.  I can't wait to share what I'm learning.  I hope it brings as much joy and renewal to you as it is bringing me.

Grace and joy overflowing from our Red Dirt.