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Since the beginning of the week, we have been looking at what it means to be committed to excellence in this season of Change, Transition and Shift. The great violinist Fritz Kreisler testified to what it means to commit to excellence when he wrote of his own life.

“Narrow is the road that leads to the life of a violinist. Hour after hour, day after day and week after week; for years, I lived with my violin. There were so many things that I wanted to do that I had to leave undone; there were so many places I wanted to go that I had to miss if I was to master the violin. The road that I traveled was a narrow road and the way was hard.”

Today, I ask you this question, “What is the one thing that you desire more than anything else” Whatever you answer, go for it!  Don’t say you want to be a great at something but never pursue what you desire. It doesn’t matter if it’s ministry, career or family, don’t make excuses go for it. Work, work, work, and never stop working to hone your skills, develop your abilities, and pursue your dream. Commit to doing it with excellence!

Our God is an excellent God and He desires and deserves excellence from us.

As I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, I believe commitment is the key to excellence. David Livingstone was one of the greatest missionaries who ever lived and a great model of commitment to excellence. He moved to Africa in the 1800′s, married his wife Mary in Africa in 1845, and never stopped pursuing excellence for the Kingdom of God during his lifetime.

There was a time when Dr. Livingstone was approached about the possibility of a missionary society sending some more men to help him in his efforts to reach the people of Africa. They wrote him a letter that read, “Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to know how to send other men to join you.” Livingstone wrote back, “If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.” Read the rest of this entry »

Praise the Lord everybody, First Lady and I are away celebrating our 20^th wedding anniversary this week and we covet your prayers. We are delighted to have you with us online and we pray that you will be encouraged by this word. We will be posting shorter posts at throughout the week, so we invite you to come back.

This week I was thinking about “EXCELLENCE” and what it’s going to take for us to “CHANGE”, “TRANSITION” and “SHIFT” so that we can become a church of true excellence. If we are to become an excellent “CHRIST CHURCH” it’s going to take a major “COMMITMENT”. I believe commitment is the key to excellence. No matter what it is that we are talking about there is no greater determining factor than our commitment. I’m not talking about commitment by coercion. I’m not talking about commitment by convenience. I’m not talking about commitment by compliance or conformity. I’m talking about commitment to excellence!

Whether we are talking about plumbing, carpentry, preaching, teaching, medicine, law, parenting, marriage, athletics or academics – it is one’s commitment to excellence that will largely determine their outcome over the long haul.

Come back on Thursday as I share about Dr. David Livingstone’s commitment to Excellence in reaching people for Christ.