July 13, 2013
How many times have you heard “that’s good
enough?” or how many times have you said “that’s not a bad one, its good
enough.” Some of us including myself say it a lot, but I have come to realize
that it’s a statement that limits. Joh 10:10 says, “The thief cometh not, but
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Jesus could have settled for feeding the
multitude or being a priest in the temple. He could have even decided to just
be a healer, but those were both things, but they did not cause Him to reach
His ultimate purpose, the thing God created Him to do. They were not the best
of him. He was purposed or sent to be the savior of the world not to feed a
bunch of people or preach some earth moving sermons.
Good
enough never stretches us to do anything more than we are doing right now,
because this is good enough. Philippians 3:14 says, “I press on to reach the
end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ
Jesus, is calling us.” To anyone that has ever participated in any type of
competition you know that everyone does not get the prize. You have to decide
that you want it and train for it. You have to stretch and go a little further,
do a little more.
You
have let good enough to be good enough for long enough – Joel Osteen.
It’s
not over until God says it is. Get your fire back on. It’s time to pack up and
quit the wilderness of fear, mediocrity, procrastination, and littleness. Nations
are on the inside of you. Don’t settle
for anything less of God’s best. You are God’s best and you deserve nothing
short of the best and that you shall have in Jesus Name. Amen!
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