Where do you set the bar?

In "religion" we often set the bar very high... too high perhaps.  Every Sunday has to be the "best" worship, the "best" sermon, and we ask ourselves "what did I get out of that sermon... and out of that service?"  Well, consider this: are you setting the bar too high?  Is your faith based on what you can get out a service... or do you expect to much?

Rather, spend some time in reflection, thinking and praying on what you can do for Christ Jesus.  What can you do differently and how can you spend your time and efforts to glorify God and please Him instead of focusing on yourself?

I hope that you will find that we all-too-often set the bar way too high... we expect too much out of other people and out our situations because it is what we have come to expect and desire.  Friends, this is a self-centered approach to faith and religion.

Get back to basics.  Ask God to reveal to you what He wants of you.  You may find that he desires your heart.  Everything else will follow from there, if you are honest.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  Matthew 6:33

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