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“Excellence invokes a blessing, and blessing evokes excellence.”

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Double Blessing (p. 29). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

And that needs to also apply to us.

Mark says, “Dorothy Sayers said, ‘No crooked table legs or ill-fitting drawers ever, I dare swear, came out of the carpenter’s shop at Nazareth.’1 Jesus crafted furniture the way He treated people—with great care. It doesn’t matter whether you work a white-collar or blue-collar or no-collar job; it’s our utmost for His highest. Excellence invokes a blessing, and blessing evokes excellence. You could even call excellence a habit of highly blessed people.”

He goes on, “When I was in graduate school, I took an occupational assessment that showed a low aptitude for writing. In other words, ‘Whatever you do, don’t write books!’ I felt called to write, but I knew that writing was not my natural gifting. Fortunately, God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called.

“Without the help of the Holy Spirit, I’m below average! That’s why I take my shoes off when I write. It’s my way of acknowledging that I’m on holy ground. It’s my way of asking God for a writing anointing. When I start typing, what I’m really doing is worshipping God with the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet. I’m taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ with a keyboard. Now, your employer might not be too happy if you started showing up to meetings barefoot. But is there a unique way for you to acknowledge that you are fulfilling God’s calling? Is there a unique way to acknowledge that the boardroom or classroom or locker room is holy ground?

“God wants to use you at your point of greatest giftedness, no doubt. He’s the one who gave you those gifts in the first place! But God also wants to use you at your point of weakness. Why? Because it’s in our weaknesses that His power is made perfect. (2 Corinthians 12:9) He doesn’t just anoint our strong hands. He anoints our weak hands too! And when He does, there is a keen awareness that God is working in us and through us in a way that is beyond what we could ask or imagine!”

It is for Him that we do what we do, isn’t it? 

Yes, yes!
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