Mediocrity

Average. Mediocre.
Blending in with the crowd. At times this is good, gets the attention away from you, gives you a space to breathe...
However when it comes to life in general, no one likes to be mediocre.
Imagine on your tombstone: Herein lies _______, who led a mediocre life, doing average things just like any other person on the street, now buried 6 feet under just like any other.
Of course no one would write such a thing on his own tombstone, but it's something to think about.

Especially when it comes to the Kingdom of God, are we just being average? Do we just go for service, say prayers, perhaps even caregroup , period. Some may feel that this is already doing alot more than what a "normal" Christian will do, sunday service, period. However, this definition of "normal" is based on the norm, standards of the world. What the Bible describes is one that is very different, in the Acts churches.
I'm not promoting extremism over here, but do we base our standards on the Word of God or that of our peers/politicians?
Shirley said it during our meeting on saturday, our enemy is average. We must never be comfortable and settle for the mediocre.
We must live dangerously for God. Not in the extremist way, but dangerous to the gates of hell. That the devil will be afraid of us. Afraid because there will be exponentially less joining him.

An attitude of excellence, we must have.
Be gone mediocrity, I will strive to be excellent in all I do, especially when it concerns Your Kingdom.