Not too long ago, my eyes stumbled upon a television screen turned on to ESPN. There was a golf tournament in Hawaii-- the Palm Open, if I can recall correctly-- and there was this one guy named "Henley" who was just dominating everyone at that time. In the last half of the open, I think he was 17-ish under par while everyone else was just barely in double digits.
Now, I don't exactly know who won the tournament, but I can tell you that if I ever got a 17-under at a professional open, I would cash out. I would be very much content with even a 2 or 3 under par in something like that!
Although contentment does leads to satisfaction, it's the truly motivated-- the truly faithful-- who'll aim higher and win, not settle. After His resurrection, Jesus could have gone back to heaven to live comfortably with His Father, but He didn't-- He went to minister unto his lost sheep; to save them from hellfire. Jesus was motivated. Jesus was faithful.
We strive to be with Him in His Kingdom. If we settle on just personal satisfaction here right now, we're not going anywhere. We need the desire, the motivation-- the faith-- to press on- to be with Him. It's only then that our troubles are over and our work is done.
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