Be Great!

Read Colossians 3:17

“Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done as a representative of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way." (The Message Bible)

"Be Great" is the sign-off and closing exhortation that one of my brilliant friends uses as a tag to end his daily affirmations. He is among the many supremely talented friends and family that I've been blessed to know. They are all so naturally gifted and skilled in so many different areas. Great speakers and artists and entrepreneurs and thinkers and educators. Most are very passionate about what they do and/or aspire to do. What has God placed a passion in your heart to do? Do you realize that if He has placed the gifting and desire within you it’s ok for you to run after that purpose and desire? Certainly God wouldn’t make you a skilled painter, for example, so you could spend your entire life and never paint a thing. And no, every painting doesn’t have to be emphatically or specifically about Jesus. But, YOU DO.

“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

“Whatever” is pretty broad, but doing it for one name is pretty specific. You have a talent for a reason: to serve the world, bring hope to others and make the world a place that reflects the wonder and truth of God. So do whatever you do with excellence and passion. But as you go, live in such a way that people can see the distinctive of your heart and the Jesus-like character of your approach to success, failure, struggle and acclaim.

Spend less time fighting against your gifting and more time sinking into the Word so you can stand strong and solid as a beacon for Jesus in the field in which He plants you.

"It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it." ~ A.W. Tozer

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"For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God and concerns Him; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit." ~ 2 Corinthians 5:13 (Amplified Bible)