The Best You’ll Always See
Recently, upon watching Kobe Bryant artfully complete an improbable jump shot, a commentator exclaimed, "Folks, that's the best you'll ever see." And then his partner jumped in to add, "And folks, that's the best you'll ALWAYS see with him." When I heard those words they ignited something deep inside me, and I thought, "I want that to be MY living epitaph." I want my best life to be the life that those around me consistently see. I don't want to occasionally touch my true potential, I want to offer God, my loved ones, and the world around me the best service that I possibly can. Don’t you want to do that, too? Anyone can periodically come through in the clutch, but to be a person of excellence that consistently pays the price to function at their optimum level in the key areas of their life, is a rare thing. The Apostle Paul calls us to this rarity when he says in Colossians 3:23, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (Colossians 3:17, NIV). Jim Eliot, martyred missionary to Ecuador, echoed this sentiment when he said, "Wherever you are, be all there. Live every experience to the hilt for the glory of God."