“God helps to make my best, as flawed as it is, even better.”

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 70). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

As John says, “It is always my desire to do my best. I have adopted Coach Wooden’s motto ‘Make every day your masterpiece,’ so it’s a given that I will give my best everyday.”

That is so important. But then he says, “But God helps to make my best, as flawed as it is, even better. I have always believed that God will be there for me and help me. In fact, my belief in myself grows out of my faith. I totally embrace the words in Jeremiah 29: 11: ‘ For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ That has given me confidence to act, and if you also embrace faith, it will give you confidence, too.”

John quotes Catherine Bramwell-Booth who says “Anybody can do their best. God helps us do better than our best.”

He goes on, “Bob Pierce, the founder of World Vision, called this ‘God room.’ It was the gap between what he could humanly accomplish and what could happen only if God helped him. I have chosen to leave a lot of ‘God room’ in my life also. I firmly believe God will make up the difference if my heart is right and I do my best. The verse in the Bible that best describes this ‘God room’ is Ephesians 3: 20, which says, ‘God can do anything, you know— far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it by working within us.’”

Such a good thought for us today.

So are you doing your best and believing that God will make it even better?

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