Craig T. Owens

Have you ever watched someone attempt something they really didn’t want to do? Like when a parent asks a child to pull weeds in the garden—they go grumbling, dragging their feet, finding excuses to delay starting, pull a couple of weeds, and then complain about the heat. Is it any wonder that the job takes twice as long and is completed half as well as it should have been?!?

Solomon wrote this:

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might… (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

In other words, it’s like my Mom used to always remind me: If anything’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well!

Don’t go halfway. Put all you’ve got into it and get it done. And done well.

I think Solomon (and my Mom) would have loved Seth Godin’s blog post called Outsmart—

Outsmart

or…

Outlead

Outcare

Outmaneuver

Outinvest

Outlisten

Outconnect

Outgive

Outlearn

Outwork

Outspend

Outrespect

Outinnovate

Outrisk

Outpersevere

Outinspect

Outproduce

Outrisk

Outlove…

In my opinion, no one should work harder, more enthusiastically, better, smarter, and more lovingly than one who calls themselves a follower of Jesus Christ. Check out my ongoing series of posts on godly leadership.