Do your best!

Would like to share this little story (not exactly one though) I read on Jim George's book, 'a young man after God's own heart'. This story somewhat relates to me and brought me back to the simple task of just doing your best.

"A missionary from India told about an army officer who stopped by to have his shoes shined by a poor Indian boy on the street. The lad (boy) launched into his task with such enthusiasm and vigor that the man was utterly amazed. Instead of an ordinary, slipshod performance with an all-too-eagerly outstretched hand for a tip, the boy worked diligently until the leather sparkled with a brilliant luster.
The officer asked, 'Why are you taking so much time to polish my boots?'
'Well, sir,' was the reply, 'last week Jesus came into my heart and now I belong to Him. Since then, every time I shine someone's shoes, I keep thinking they're His, so I do the very best I can. I want Him to be pleased.'

As life gets routine and slothfulness and shortcuts seems ever so present, I am glad I am reminded to do my best as:
-We give God glory when we do our best.
-We represent the Lord Jesus, therefore we do our best.
-We serve the Lord and not men, so we do our best.
-We provide a living model of our risen Savior when we do our best.
-We fulfill God's purpose as we do our best.

To polish and shine a pair of boots ain't no easy task, I can assure you cause I don't like to do it and had never done it well.

I recently heard on my music player of the children song I had learnt a few years back. 'Faithful in little things, cause little things make big things. Great things are done by doing little things everyday. Small things make all things, tiny things make tall things, faithful in little things every day'

I liked the second stanza of this song,
'When I had a little job, I would always do it.
Never thinking it's too small but quickly hopping to it.
Though the job I'm told to do seems so small to me,
God can use a tiny seed and make a great big tree"

There's a video on youtube of the children of a local church presenting this song.
FBC Children's Choir - "Faithful In Little Things"

I figure it's all about being found faithful by doing your best in all the little daily activities in life. Sorting out the roles of fellowship and service as God leads.