More Than Mediocre

"More than mediocre. More that sub par. Don't stop, don't settle, keep raising the bar."Loren Thornburg Camping is not something I do often, thus neither is putting up a tent. Now I am not going to tell you how long it took my friends and I to put it up but I am glad that we got there well before dark. With almost 30 different poles sitting on the ground, no directions, and not much experience I was wishing for the tents everyone else had that basically put themselves up. After much trial, error, and frustration the tent was finally up and even functional. However, we soon realized it could be better and would potentially be harmed if we didn't take it all down and re-build the entire thing. Now, if it were up to me I would have just left it. But luckily it wasn't, so we pushed through, past the mediocre tent, to something that was even better. Not only did it now function better, but it functioned as that tent was designed, which made the whole trip more enjoyable. Life is often like that. We wish for the instant tent, we settle for less than best and in doing that we miss life in the big tent that not only functions, but functions well, just as it was designed to. If only we are willing to push past the times when it seems there is nothing, when it seems to be moving slow, when it seems too much work. Step beyond mediocre! Step out of sub par! You were made for something more than mediocre. "Lord you discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You have restored me to health and allowed me to live."Isaiah 38:16 NLT You have been made with excellence in mind. Thus, you will never be fully satisfied until you are walking in that excellence. However, sometimes the road to excellence is paved with times that seem fallen down, broken, missing parts, with no way to be put back together. Other times we settle for minimal function unaware we are capable of so much more because we are not willing to be taken apart and rebuilt. But, God, the one who made you wants to do that. And you can trust Him. For He is the One, who formed you, who knows you, who loves you. Yes, you can trust Him in the times that you see no way out, when you see no signs of hope, when you see nothing. Yes, you can trust Him. For He is good. He is resotring you to life and health more than you have known before. He wants not only to restore but bring you to more life than you've ever known before. Will you trust Him, the One who made you, to bring you to more of the excellence He created you to walk in?