EXCELLENCE COMES AT A PRICE

We were planning to host a meeting. When the fliers for the meeting came out, there was a mistake there. It was a tiny mistake. Some suggested that we could use a black pen to make the adjustment and still manage it like that. I smiled and said, “We are reprinting this. We would not manage it like that”. It was a tough decision, but we scrapped the old fliers and then printed new ones.

Excellence does not come cheap. It comes at times with a high price, but excellence always pays. Men of excellence are men who persevered in the furnace of becoming. They endured the heat of the kitchen so they could come out as an enduring scent to their world.

Excellence is never the reason for pride. Excellence is obtained and sustained through humility. Have you ever met anyone who does things excellently but has a hint of pride? Their attitude makes the skill unattractive. We would rather learn from humble people than from anyone who is proud.

Excellence is a door opener. The doors of greatness do not swing on the hinges of mediocrity. When King Nebuchadnezzar asked for young Jews who would be trained, the qualifications were precise:

“young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.”

Daniel 1:4 NKJV

Excellence is also balanced. Excellence talks about being whole. It is a hundred per cent perfect. You cannot be a good preacher and a terrible husband. That would not be excellence. You cannot be a great warrior and also an adulterer. It is not just the task that is excellent; the life must be excellent.

What areas would you need to work on? Every area where there is a deficiency should be addressed. Have you acquired the qualifications and growth for the things you desire to have? Some things are not just about prayers; they are about commitment to growth. When you grow, they happen!

Will you commit to excellence?

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa