Mediocrity is A- Ok with me.

I remember when I was a teenager and during that time I was a part of a youth ministry that had sunday services called J.A.M.(Jesus and Me). This service was designed to keep the youth focused on Christ and providing a confidence in being young and a Christian. I remember the youth pastor at the time used this as focus always " Mediocrity is unacceptable." It was to teach us to never live beneath our means, and to encourage us to live for the best that God has for us. To be mediocre is to be "barely adequate", that means your it's just enough to make it but only just that. Imagine now if your whole life is in that way, that means everything you are doing is barely enough to make it. For the Christian believer this is dangerous, that means your worship is barely adequate, and the same with your service, praying, bible reading, belief, and even your every day dealings with everyone. It causes tension in your life constantly because you realize that everyone around you is not settling or no longer settling. Mediocrity causes you too sink, it causes your living for Christ to be stagnant and your concern for your own self to be the same. It usually starts when a comfort level has been reached with just making it. Imagine if Christ had been mediocre, I know that's kind of deep but this issue is really that DEEP! If Christ lived a mediocre life he would not have cared too much about certain issues, he would not have worked so hard preaching sermons, performing miracles, or even worse dying on the CROSS! Think of it like this, What if God is trying to birth something in you that will bless many and even more bring people to the light of Christ, but because you won't come out of a mediocre attitude they are not getting that message. Ultimately God will get the message across but you will not be the vessel he uses(that should not be ok for you). Your life is just as valuable as the person to your left or right, when you live beneath that your slapping God in the face. Your telling him that this gift he gave you is barely adequate and that it will JUST do. You cannot maintain healthy relationships, live a healthy life, or worse experience the fullness of God with a mediocre attitude. You will never be able to enjoy your life because your stagnant--that means your not moving your standing still. A Dream is just a dream, but our friend Joseph in the bible  had dreams that came to past, they were more than just mere fantasies. So if your tired of mediocrity than talking to God about it is the first step, and then walking out that change. You want something different on the job than get there on time, do the job your paid to do, and avoid complacency even if others are encouraging it. Push for more and challenge yourself always. Want that relationship to be more I suggest you stop doing the same thing if you know its not working and if that same thing that your doing is SIN than STOP! Live for God in everything you do and stay in constant communication with God. You should be tired of how it feels every morning and every night if your living this way. You should be tired of watching everyone live out their dreams and following God's plan and your not. The clark sisters had a song they sang that asked a simple question  "Is my living in vain?". Live for Christ always his approval is whose you want to gain , no job, no significant other, no person, no family member will ever give you the approval that God is only able to give. Those things are imperfect and will sometimes let you down. That means that people patting you on the back should not be the goal of doing well, but the achievement and the work you did to get there should be the peace of mind. If your desiring change and you don't know how I direct to you as it was directed to me by a good friend James 4:7a "Submit therefore to God. " Until you decide enough is enough it will never change for you...this is your life and in this instant it has to be about you and God. No one else no matter how much they care for you and even love you can help you with this and that might create even more frustration because of that dependency but the idea is this you need to face yourself in front of God and submit to his plan and flee from this disease known as mediocrity. In the words of my old youth pastor "Mediocrity is Unacceptable". A sick person won't get better until they take the medicine prescribed by the doctor.