Greatness and Priorities
Tonight I am thinking about priorities and the way I choose to live my life...
There was a quote that popped up on my computer screen as I was logging in that said, "Be great at what you do" and it got me thinkin... "Am I great at what I do? And, what do I want to be great at in the first place?"
And you know what? I'm not sure I am great at what I do. Because, at least when I think about greatness, I think that what makes something great is usually that the details of the thing are looked after and done extraordinarily well, regardless of whether those details will be noticed or not. I guess I automatically link greatness with integrity and authenticity at the most minute level.
I probably got that definition of greatness from my Dad and his military background, but even after growing up and learning a lot, I still think that definition is accurate. In the Kingdom of Heaven, it's the smallest details that matter the most and usually are the things we are quickest to overlook.
And I think there's a reason this idea of excellence and greatness and doing something really well has been hitting me like a ton of bricks lately. Because if I'm being honest, I feel like most days I'm just surviving through each hour and trying to get to the end without letting too many balls drop out of my juggling act... Rather than put my whole effort and energy into each task in front of me and doing each thing I do with excellence, I think I often opt for the quicker and easier route and spend more time daydreaming of the future than I do living well in the present.
And I think at the end of the day, all this really boils down to is, what are my priorities? What am I choosing to put first and to be great at and what am I choosing to let go of for another season or another person to step into. Am I over-committing to a million different things that are good, but not the things that I am made to be great in? Have I chosen to use my time as a resource for the Kingdom or am I wasting it on whatever little thing comes my way?
Because, at the end of the day, I truly want to be able to stand before God and say, "I put my everything into the call you placed on my life and, even though I failed time after time, I left it all on the field and did everything to the best of my ability that you asked me to do."
I don't know what that means for my in this season of life, but I'm waiting to find out/
There was a quote that popped up on my computer screen as I was logging in that said, "Be great at what you do" and it got me thinkin... "Am I great at what I do? And, what do I want to be great at in the first place?"
And you know what? I'm not sure I am great at what I do. Because, at least when I think about greatness, I think that what makes something great is usually that the details of the thing are looked after and done extraordinarily well, regardless of whether those details will be noticed or not. I guess I automatically link greatness with integrity and authenticity at the most minute level.
I probably got that definition of greatness from my Dad and his military background, but even after growing up and learning a lot, I still think that definition is accurate. In the Kingdom of Heaven, it's the smallest details that matter the most and usually are the things we are quickest to overlook.
And I think there's a reason this idea of excellence and greatness and doing something really well has been hitting me like a ton of bricks lately. Because if I'm being honest, I feel like most days I'm just surviving through each hour and trying to get to the end without letting too many balls drop out of my juggling act... Rather than put my whole effort and energy into each task in front of me and doing each thing I do with excellence, I think I often opt for the quicker and easier route and spend more time daydreaming of the future than I do living well in the present.
And I think at the end of the day, all this really boils down to is, what are my priorities? What am I choosing to put first and to be great at and what am I choosing to let go of for another season or another person to step into. Am I over-committing to a million different things that are good, but not the things that I am made to be great in? Have I chosen to use my time as a resource for the Kingdom or am I wasting it on whatever little thing comes my way?
Because, at the end of the day, I truly want to be able to stand before God and say, "I put my everything into the call you placed on my life and, even though I failed time after time, I left it all on the field and did everything to the best of my ability that you asked me to do."
I don't know what that means for my in this season of life, but I'm waiting to find out/
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