“The best men know that they are very far from what they ought to be; and the very worst think that, if they were a very little better, they should be as good as they need be.”-James Anthony Froude
It is that dreaded time again for me – the self evaluation at work. I guess you are supposed to brag about what you did the past year, how you made the organization better, put the organizations goals and needs before your own, how you worked hard, how you were reliable, etc. Then you have to set goals for the upcoming year of how you are going to do better.
As I sit here, the thought occurred to me, that I have never really done a “life self-evaluation” using the same questions. I found the above quote one time, and just now realized what it meant. It means I need to be doing a self evaluation daily, about what I “ought to be” as a Christian, a husband, a father, a friend, a church member, a teacher, a student, a person. How have I done in the last year? What goals do I have for the upcoming year for myself? my church? my relationship with my wife? my girls?
I just realized how often I think I am just “doing enough today” to be as good as I need to be. I was always the one in school just doing enough to get a B+ or A-, but never really committing to the goal of an A+. Now I do the same thing, just doing enough to do pretty good, but not outstanding.
God has called me to be “outstanding,” translated “Christlike”, and that need to be the goal of my self-evaluation. I am proud to be called a follower of Christ, but now I want to be known as Christ-like.
Very good insight and a great analogy. (By the way, I keep looking at that picture on your website and I’m worried about Madelin falling in the water. Be sure to keep an eye on her) :>)