Let’s look at excellence on the human level. What are the “quality materials” needed to build a strong foundation in our lives? The basics include – starting with a true relationship with Christ, reading, studying and meditating on His Word, spending time in prayer and praise and worship, and fellowshipping with other believers around His Word. Those are elementary. It really does surprise me and disappoint me at the same time at how many “long term” Christians don’t do those foundational things even one time a week. I’m sure I’d be surprised at how many people even in our congregation who haven’t cracked open a Bible on their own in a long time. If we ignore the foundational principles, things begin to crumble around us. We are representing Christ – the living Word, the Bread of Heaven, and often we haven’t had a “bite” of His Word on our own in a long time. We’ll be spoon fed at church, but to break it open and feed ourselves just takes too much time and effort. If we want excellence on the outside, we have to have quality on the inside. That means getting the Word inside our heart. Your Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against God. What goes in is what comes out! Thank God for the conviction of the Holy Spirit. There is hope for change, and all it takes is a decision. My hope and prayer is that we can say, “I’m putting quality materials into my inner man, so that my outer man represent Christ excellently”. Encouraging you toward quality living.
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