Be the Best

This is going to sound too aggressive and perhaps even unreasonable, but here it goes: Don't strive to be your best, strive to be the best.  This goes for all things.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

We are all going to have to look Jesus someday and I for one want to be told, "Well done" and that means working my best to do all important things well.  This means striving to be the best at things that are important to you.  Be the best husband, be the best father, be the best son, and be the best youth worker.  If you fail at being the best, you still will find yourself being better than you ever thought you could be and would be if you ever settled.