December 30, 2021
GOOD…BETTER…BEST!
Never let it rest, until the Good
is Better, and the Better is the Best!
I’ve spent a lot of my life doing good…being good. Good is not enough!
In 1979 I prayed with a sold out conviction that I wanted to be the best me for God that I could be. I thought it was an admirable desire and that God would be so pleased that He would just zap me into a wonderful person who demonstrated His goodness. To my amazement, He did quite the opposite. He began removing everything in my life that wasn’t my best for Him. I lost just about everything! It was very painful, but I have never changed my mind.
It is now 42 years later…there have been many opportunities for me to give God my best. I thought I had most of the time. However, several years ago a marvelous movie came out that has been a visual aid in convicting, instructing and demonstrating what it really means to give God your best. In Facing the Giants it was demonstrated that giving your best is when you can give no more! I realized I had never given God my best…until I could give no more!
What I have experienced, and was content with, is God having given me His best for me to glorify Him. He has made me a monument of His amazing Grace. He has overwhelmed me with His unconditional Love. He has manifested His Spirit and demonstrated His Presence in my life beyond expression. He has done more than what I asked…but I am not my best for Him…I am better, but I fall short from having given my all!
Tonight I became convicted about my best in a fresh exasperating way as I recalled who I am as a born again Child of God. This is what God says I am:
(I Cor. 6:19-20)You are not your own. You were bought with a price. You are the
The temple building no longer exists because The Spirit of
God now dwells in the lives of all who belong to God. What kind of temple have I built for Him to
dwell in? Have I given Him my best…my
very best? God required the best for the
making of the Tabernacle and the
I am stricken with shame as I examine the dwelling place I have given The Spirit of God to dwell in. It is not the best I can give! He has supplied me with everything I need to be healthy and physically in shape and I have not given the blessings back to Him by presenting unto Him a purified holy place to live. He has given me health coaches to teach and instruct me His way. He has made healthy organic foods available at affordable prices. He has provided me an excellent treadmill so that I can exercise any time. He has provided my physical body with continual healing from disease, accidents and food additions. He warned that if we destroy His body He will destroy us!
I do not begin in fear, but in delight, to give my very best to present to my Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus a body that He will be pleased to dwell in and be glorified.
As I get my body healthy, cleansed and in shape for His Glory, I commit to extending that practice into helping The Body of Christ that I am a part of to get healthy for His Glory also, so that we can do the work He has given us to do until He comes back for us…just as He has said...in His Power and Authority! (Acts 1:8 & Matthew 28:18-20)
Now, I must prepare my mind for action… (I Peter 1:13)
