day no. 15,169: all-out effort

First things first: May the Voorst be with you. That said, let's do some bloggin'

"A commander must accustom his staff to a high tempo from the outset, and continuously keep them up to it. If he once allows himself to be satisfied with norms, or anything less than an all-out effort, he gives up the race from the starting post, and will sooner or later be taught a bitter lesson." -- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Godly leaders must keep a sense of "giddy up" before their people. Sanctification is a lifelong process and a holy discontentment with personal holiness should be present in those running hard after God. The goal should be to hit the finish line with your chest, to be in stride, going hard, every yard until Christ returns or our race comes to an end. 

God is worth our all-out effort. We cannot flatter Him. We cannot heap up any amount of praise that He would not deserve. We cannot out give what He has provided. We cannot serve more than He is worth. No amount of pouring out will ever be out of proportion to what He has poured in. If we become content with what we've already given, already achieved, already said, already did... we are beginning to step in the wrong direction. To imagine oneself in such a place is to be deceived.

We are called to an all-out life, to leave it all out there, on the field, for King and Kingdom, our neighbor's good and our continued growth and glorification.

Philippians 3:12-16
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.