Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and
not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as
your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
As I lay here and do a lot of recovering from the back
surgery I had late last week. As another baseball season wraps up I found an
interesting story about doing your very best.
Keith Hernandez is one of baseball's top players. He is a
lifetime .300 hitter who has won numerous Golden Glove awards for excellence in
fielding. He's won a batting championship for having the highest average, the
Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with
all his accomplishments, he has missed out on something crucially important to
him -- his father's acceptance and recognition that what he has accomplished is
valuable. Listen to what he had to say in a very candid interview about his
relationship with his father: "One day Keith asked his father, 'Dad, I
have a lifetime 300 batting average. What more do you want?' His father
replied, 'But someday you're going to look back and say, "I could have
done more."'"
Are you giving your very best?
Dear Lord, we pray today that we would each give our very
best. Help us to not sit back and rest
on our accomplishments of the past but to keep pushing forward, bringing honor
to Your name in all things. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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