Good Enough? Not for God!

November 12, 2012 Monday Message:

Sometimes I help songwriters bring their compositions to life in the recording studio. Their song is no longer just a dream; it becomes “real.” We add drums and percussion, guitars, pianos and synthesizers, instrumental solos, and polished vocals, and they can show it to someone, and say, “THIS is how it goes!” – or include it on their own CD of original music.

The songwriter asks, “How much?”

I give them a price.

And then sometimes they respond, “But it’s only for a demo,” implying that if they don’t release it to the public, they don’t need it perfect, and my services should be worth less.

The conflict is explained in Colossians 3:23: “Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.” (ISV)

God  doesn’t have a “demo” mode. He doesn’t want us to do our life’s work in a slipshod, careless manner. Everything we do should be our best efforts, as though working for the Lord. As a believer, God wouldn’t want me to leave mistakes in the 3^rd verse, and send it out with my name on it.

God’s team does their best in all things. God doesn’t like lukewarm! That’s what the Bible says.

Norton Lawellin

Yesterday was Veterans Day, and we observe the legal holiday today. Thank God some people answer the call to fight for human rights and freedom throughout the world.

Friday, Nov. 16, 7pm I’ll be leading the service and teaching about “Sin and Sin’s Solution” at New Hope Center, 2739 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls, MN 55407. Come join the men in recovery as we worship the Lord.

Jesus in the City Fellowship (JICF) continues in the Gospel of Luke, 10:30 Sunday morning, North end of the Oliver Ministry Building, 27^th Street & Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis.

NL