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Friday, September 13, 2013

Be Determined to Radiate the JOY of the LORD


      
          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Start fresh each day and be determined to be faithful in drinking in the JOY!

            Colossians 3:17 says, "Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus . . . " and later Paul writes, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord….(Colossians 3:23). We should strive for excellence in order to be a JOYful testimony for the Lord!  People are watching and we have the chance to point others toward Christ.

Do you think people would more readily model themselves after a slothful person who just gets by doing the very least that he or she can?  Or would they be more inspired by a person who is diligent and above reproach?  Daniel exemplified this determined spirit of excellence during his service as a highly regarded administrator in a secular environment. The Scripture says that "he distinguished himself among the administrators . . . because of his exceptional qualities" so much so that "they could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent" (Daniel 6:3-4).

Excellence does not necessarily mean the absence of mistakes, but it does mean the presence of faith and determination. To be excellent at whatever God has called us to do, we must first ask for His strength to accomplish the task and then, secondly, His endurance to complete it. Daniel was met with obstacles in his endeavor to serve the Lord wholeheartedly, but he remained steadfast to the course of action he believed the Lord set for him to take. *

Be determined, strive for excellence and radiate the JOY of the Lord.



* http://www.knowjesus.com/Dev_excellence.shtml



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