“Of all people, Christians should be addicted to quality and integrity in every area, not looking for excuses for second-best. We must resist this onslaught. We must demand higher standards. … there is no room for lazy, entrenched, year-after-year established mediocrity unchanging and unvaried.”
Franky Schaefer, Addicted to Mediocrity
Malachi 1:6
6 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’
Are we honoring God in our worship? Are we giving our best – or – have we become mediocre? God has asked us to give our “first fruits” to him. This goes way beyond tithing with our money to tithing with our time and talents. This is where I probably fall down. I haven’t been willing to give enough of my time and talents. I’m not honoring God when I only give him my left over time and energy. Until I’m willing to give the “first fruits” of my time and talents to serve God, I’m not honoring God.
