Who's Really Number One

The journey to be the best begins early. Children are on the clock daily to compete with other children to accomplish, whatever the task, at a higher level than all the other children. Win the most,  make the highest grades, hit the ball the furthest, score the most points, be the prettiest, do and always be better than anybody else, be number one. This is what children are told by society. Pretty good advice, huh?

Children should always be taught to work hard and do the best they can do. But placing them in situations day after day to be compared to other children, and measure their success according to waving the “I’m number One finger” is probably not good. Children soon see that they are not going to be number one within their social group. Failure comes too often.

The better advice is, “Always do the best you can.” That is what God wants from each of us. He just wants us to be the best we can be according to what he has created us to be. He wants us to give Him the best of what he has given to us. He wants us to give Him the glory for what we do each day. We are to honor Him by giving Him the credit for all we accomplish. The Bible says, “Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God.” I don't think I've read anywhere in the Bible that God has told us to wave the number One finger when we have won a race in life.

Today, on this Sunday, we all have a chance to give God our best by meeting with other followers of Jesus to worship Him. “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God,” 1 Corinthians 10:31
Let's go out and wave the number One finger for God, everyday!