WHY ARE YOU LIVING AN “S” LIFE WHEN YOU WERE CREATED TO LIVE AN ”E” LIFE?

I had a conversation with my 8 year old son last night regarding his behavior in school. It went something like this:

My Son - “Mom will you be upset if I get an “S” this week?

Me - Well, I won’t be upset, but I definitely won’t be happy with it.

My Son – “Why?”

Me - “Because you are capable of an “E” son, that’s what you were born to be”

My Son - “O.K.”

Just to clarify “S” means satisfactory and “E” means excellent. While having this conversation with my son, I couldn’t help but feel as if God was having that same conversation with me, not necessarily about my behavior but about how I live my life in general. “Liz, why are you living an “S” life when I created you to live an “E” life?” Needless to say that really got to me. It hit me like a ton of bricks and then the introspection soon followed.

I believe that there are many of us that have gotten caught in the rut of just getting by in life, status quo, making it, or just treading water. That is equivalent to living an “S” life. Is that the kind of life that the almighty God created His children to live? I don’t think so. I believe He created us to live a life filled with “E” experiences. He created us in His image and there is NOTHING satisfactory about that. We serve an "E"xcellent God and we are His children with access to everything that He is and that He has. So the question is, why are we choosing to live beneath who we were created to be? I can't speak for you, but I want ALL that He has for me to do and to be. I am determined to upgrade my status from an “S” to “E”.  I challenge, urge, and strongly encourage you to do the same!

~ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10b