day no. 16,817: the best that we can do

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.

The best that we can do is the best that we can do. It may not be much, but it's the best we can do. We can offer less. We can give less. But we ought to give more. We owe our people and our God our very best. Our best may not be that good, but our God is; and He will do with it as He sees best.

Ephesians 2:10

We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

The best that you can do has been planned out for you. By doing it, you are doing your very best.

We all have good works ordained for us in which we ought to walk and when we do, we must walk in them to the best of our ability. We must avoid detours and off ramps and we must not loiter or linger along the right road on which we are called to go. We must make our best effort to stay on track and keep up the pace in the particular race which we have been created for and called to run.

Acts 17:26

(He) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.

We have the problems we have. We can wish for someone else's problems, but we are where we are and we were made to be who we are by the grace of God and the goodness of His pleasure. Let us be where we are and strive in the lane we were placed.

Esther 4:14

Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

The kingdom of Christ is coming on. We were born for such a time as this. We can look back and admire our ancestors and their faith in the moments in which they were placed, but we must do the same here and now. We must bless our descendants by being faithful in their past. We must look to the lay of our land and play the ball where it lies in our lifetime so that it might be further down field when its further down stream.

Romans 15:1

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

If you are strong, then prove it by putting up with more than those who are too weak to put up with anything. If you can't carry your own load, you are someone else's problem, not their savior. If you can't leverage your advantage to someone else's advantage, you are a problem. Those who please only themselves are not, obviously enough, a pleasure for anyone else to be around. So don't imagine yourself mature while acting childish. Do not be too strong to bear the weakness of others. If you can't, you are one of the weak ones being put up with by others you likely imagine to be beneath you. In a sense, you are right. They are beneath you. They are shouldering your weakness and keeping you afloat.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Acquit yourself like a man. Man your post. Do your work. Be strong in holding your position and in the execution of your office. Stand fast. Keep your head on a swivel. Look for good works to do and bad works to block.

Nahum 2:1

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

You were born for this battle. Man up. Stay sharp. Lock 'n load. Rock 'n roll.