Are you giving it your all? 

‘The ultimate Master you’re serving is Christ.’ Colossians 3:24 MSG 

After spending years in Rome working on life-sized sculptures, Michelangelo went to Florence, where a huge block of white Carrara marble had been obtained for a colossal statue. Within weeks, he’d signed an agreement to complete a rendition of David, one of his most famous masterpieces. Contract in hand, he started working with such passion that often he slept in his clothes, resenting the time it took to take them off and put them on again. He faultlessly examined and precisely measured the marble to see what pose it could accommodate. He made hundreds of sketches of possible attitudes and detailed drawings from models. He tested his ideas in wax on a small scale and only when he was satisfied did he pick up his chisel and mallet. He approached painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with the same intensity. Lying at uncomfortable angles on hard boards, breathing the suffocating air just under the vault, he suffered from inflamed eyes and skin irritation from the plaster dust. For the next four years, he literally sweated in physical distress as he worked, but look at what he produced! If you’re not passionate about what you do, find something you can be passionate about! Don’t just make money, make an impact! Significance should be your goal, not survival. Listen: ‘Don’t just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best...Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you’re serving is Christ.’ (Colossians 3:23-24 MSG). 

Prayer Point:

As I identify the passion You have placed in my heart, I pray that You would make room for it, Lord. Help me develop outlets for what I know I was born for. Show me clearly, Lord, what I can channel my energy into which will leave a legacy in Your kingdom. When I know it, let me be determined and focused, and give myself completely to see the gift You have created me to be.