One very important key life principle keeps sneaking up on me and slapping me in the face. Honestly, I've never been so convicted by all the "little" stuff before. I really believe teaching in the classroom for the past six years, has had my brain so wrapped up! I am now free and oh my goodness, there is a lot about me to change!
So I'm finding myself in this new season and it feels like an awakening of sorts.... to the LITTLE things I've always JUST done before.
My heart keeps hearing from the Lord, "Have a spirit of excellence!" I definitely feel guilty when it comes to excellence. '
Now that I'm not in the classroom, I'm seeing all the SMALL stuff, that I've ignored. The little things I've never put my absolute BEST into. I rush through this and that, not fully living for excellence. God has directed me to STOP and LISTEN! He has been pointing out to me the areas of my life that I have not maintained with excellence. Want some examples..... ok, a little embarrassing yes, but honesty has transformational power. Maybe you have always been excellent in the LITTLE areas of life. I'm first to admit, I am weak in a lot of areas!
Today's examples during my day.... where I heard the Lord whisper, "SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE"
Putting the cart back into the cart return area at the grocery store, although my car was closer.---NOTE TO SELF... next time I will intentionally park next to or closer to the cart return rack! I have been guilty too many times of propping my buggy on the curve. Today I repented.
Putting groceries into the freezer. Ha! As I'm shuffling aside half used bags of frozen veggies, frozen French fries, and other freezer items, I discover junk on the bottom of my freezer, little sticky stuff, mostly random ice chips, crumbs of some sort... I don't know what it was. I usually just quickly fill the freezer with the food I purchased and move on. NOT TODAY! I felt it deep in my gut. "SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE!" Ughhhh! So there I am scrubbing away, on the bottom of the freezer before neatly organizing the groceries in the freezer. Never have I cared so much!
I'm faced with examining.... Do I have, a real "Spirit of Excellence" or a "Spirit of Excuses"?
I said in the beginning, that my day began with a story that involved camels. In my morning time with the Lord, he pointed me to the story of Issac and Rebekah. Rebekah offered a drink to stranger, then volunteered to water his camels as well. Did you know that camels need about 30 gallons of water after a long journey? Rebekah willingly, without the servant even asking...she volunteered.....and set out to draw water for his camels. It was a caravan ya'll!!! 10 camels would equal around 300 draws of water. OH MY GOSH! I was shocked! On her own Rebekah went above and beyond and watered the camels.
What Rebekah didn't know, was that the very woman who showed hospitality to Abraham's main servant, and also showed loving-kindness with a hard working care for the camels....would be the woman chosen to become Abraham's very own daughter-in-law! She would be the one chosen to marry Issac, the promised child! Because of her self giving nature, and spirit of excellence, she became a bride in the wealthiest family of all!
Would you have volunteered to water the camels? Would I have watered the camels? What about our schedule? What about our to do lists? How are we really living? Are we displaying before God our spirit of excellence?
I haven't in a long time, had the time to walk slow, think deep, and really concentrate on cultivating "ME" and focusing on having a spirit of excellence. I have a list of excuses I need to weed out of my life.
Today journal about an area you need to give to the Lord. Repent for not having a spirit of excellence in that area. Strategize ways to improve yourself in that area! Write about it in your DREAM JOURNAL!
We're one day closer to living our DREAM! This is the road we should walk! Walk with me!
Don't do what normal people do! Do what God's "Spirit of Excellence" people do!THEIR BEST!!!! Amen!
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