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Excellence is defined by the English Dictionary as the ‘quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree’. While this definition seems afar off, a destination to be reached sometimes in the future if possible. A more practical definition is giving your best at all times and constantly seeking to be better. It is more about being better than you were yesterday while giving your absolute best today. An excellent person does not excuse mediocrity in self. Your presentation might not be the best among your peers, but it is the best you know how to do at the moment and you are on the look out to learn from those who had better presentations. Really then, Excellence is not a destination but a journey.
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is then surprising to see Christians, who are adept at the word and have the
conviction that they have been accepted in the beloved and are saved by grace
and not works, settle for mediocrity. Of course, nobody will concede to being a
mediocre, we just don’t have the time or patience to put that extra in, we have
several fellowship meetings to attend than to be bothered with such aesthetics.
We are comfortable with the barest minimum since God looks at the heart and not
the packaging. We even go ahead to confront anyone that points to the obvious deficiency
that there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. Come, let’s learn from a man
whom God gave wisdom such that he became the wisest king of the ancient world.
