Day 16 – Giving Up Mediocrity

There are days when I feel like I’m done. I’m tired and I can’t see anything in front of me except the same old, same old. Routine has become normal. Day in and day out – not much changes and I’ve become satisified with an average effort. Mediocrity has become my friend. But in the course of this 40-day blogging adventure I’ve embarked upon, I have come face to face with my attitude and it stinks. Mediocrity is not my friend. It is a mud-sucking sludge I’ve allowed to keep me from reaching my destiny.

There is nothing mediocre about God. He’s all-seeing, all-knowing, all-loving. He doesn’t stop doing anything halfway. And He doesn’t appreciate mediocrity. He’s all or nothing, hot or cold, in or out. And remember what He said about being lukewarm? (In a letter to the church of Laodicea, God says in Rev. 3:16 – “I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking. You’re not cold, you’re not hot—far better to be either cold or hot! You’re stale. You’re stagnant. You make me want to vomit.”) He’s even passionate about us being lukewarm.

Mediocrity is a level plateau on the side of your mountain of destiny. Now is not the time to lay down and take a nap. Don’t be satisfied just going halfway up…aim for the apex, the best you can give, the excellence you were built for.

Yes, it’s hard…nothing worth doing well is easy.
Yes, it’s going to take work, creativity, bravery, perseverance and guts. But don’t settle – don’t give in to an average effort. Push through mediocrity to excellence.

The view from the top is worth it.