I like to use a part of the day on Sundays for meditation. Generally, my best opportunity for meditation is early Sunday morning. Something seems right about using the Lord’s Day to think more deeply about the things of God. Today I am thinking about excellence in the Christian life.
Christian excellence is not the product of sporadic efforts or intermittent brilliance.
Therefore, excellence cannot be scheduled to show up and be present only for the 8-5 portion of our life.
Excellence depends on the habits of our lives. What we are at any given moment is a function of what we are at every moment. The habits of our lives make us what we are down deep where no one else can see. Others who are able to watch us only temporarily (and thus superficially) may judge our efforts and our lives as excellent, but excellence in the Christian life comes from the commitments by which we lives our lives moment by moment. Excellence comes from wholehearted, 24/7 commitments to the priorities that God places before us.