Intro:
Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. I hope you are becoming more and more spiritually fit as we continue this series on Working It Out. Spiritually fit people are a cut above, and they strive for excellence, in word, in deed and in attitudes. They are people who are doers of the Word and not hearers only. That is who we should want to be. Our hearts desire should be to become more spiritually fit day by day. This week, we will talk about accountability and the power of community, along with be people of excellence, and end the week talking about loving in deed. Here is your dailyeword.
Have you ever heard anyone say, don’t set your expectations too high, because you’ll be disappointed? I’ve heard that said before and that statement makes me sad. I love making big goals, and having high aspirations. I want to aim high and go for excellence in life. You’ve probably also heard it said, if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time. I think we, as Christians, need to set a high standard in the world. Not only should we have integrity, character and good manners, we should be a cut above at our jobs, in our work ethic, and in the marketplace. We have the God of the universe living within us, and we sometimes settle for so much less than God’s best for us. One statement I hate hearing is….”it’s good enough”, or “it’ll do.” To me those statements mean we’re not going to do any more than we absolutely have to do. We want to just get by. Our standards should be much better than that! I also hate to hear anyone justify their actions by saying, “Everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t I?” Our standard becomes what others are doing, not what God’s Word tells us to do, or God’s standard of excellence and righteousness. I want to encourage you to have high aspirations…dream big, believe big, achieve big, for our Great Big GOD. And keep on growing spiritually day by day.