Day 6-The Journey and Beyond

So looking back on the early days of this journey, which was only about 5 or six days ago respectively. I thought it would be worth sharing some difficulties in this experience. I’m slowly starting to realize that this journey really began a few months back, with a FB status I had put up which read “If you don’t look for God’s love in everything, it’s hard to see him in anything.” Just as an encouragement to those reading to consider this in light of everyday life. If you don’t feel like your seeing him in your life, then make yourself consciously aware of where you may not be acknowledging him in your life. How often do we thank God for waking up in the morning? For having a place to live? For having a job? Or even for being able to purchase groceries? It may seem silly, or overly analytical, but trust me when you realize how much he’s in it may blow your mind, and provide you with a new found level of appreciation, a word that seems to be lost in our society.

My yesterday was busy to say the least. I got an awesome opportunity to work an event the Hammerstein ballroom. I was just a lowly production assistant, but it was such an honor to be apart of such a large event. What amazed me the most, and I suppose in light of my Exodus readings, is the concept of excellence. Our standards of excellence for our lives as individual are………well questionable. This event yesterday took hundreds of hours of work, and time. They had people and equipment pouring in and out and every job was equally important in light of the larger task that was being completed. Things like placing a brochure at every seat were just as important as setting up the stage for the band, or doing a sound check. Oddly enough I saw the Love of God in the character of the people I was working with. It was so amazing to see them set such high standards with each and every task, granted it’s was a multi-million dollar event, everyone took an incredible pride in everything they put their hand to. This took me back to us being made in God’s image.

Within the book of Exodus there is a time when Moses goes up to Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. During this time the Lord instructs him on the building of the tabernacle, as God has a desire to constantly live among his people (Funny how he’s been working for this throughout history, how blessed we are). The details of his instruction are what amazed me. If you didn’t know, God has a certain level of excellence that we may not necessarily be able to achieve, but does that mean we don’t try? Our lives’ are meant to give all glory and honor back to him, isn’t a simple way to do this by honoring him in the way we treat every job and every action. Though we can’t achieve perfection, can we give God our best? My grandmother constantly told me growing up, Do everything as if it was unto God. Another words, give my best to everything. I want to strive for this in my relationships, at my job, with my friends, and with my words. Honor God with a personnel standard of excellence. Even in light of the simple things. Something like making a meal for a family member, or arriving on time for church, are all standards of excellence in which we can honor God.

In light of this I really want to make it a point to examine the way I honor God with a standard of excellence. With everything I do, not just where it’s convenient. I know this is a weird thing to see his love in, but I feel like as I see God’s character, operating In excellence is something that can only be done out of love. This is both for ourselves and for those around us.