Always Room For Improvement

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 

Romans 12:3

Each year many people go through the evaluation and review process at their jobs. This is an opportunity for you and your employer to go over your work related responsibilities and evaluate where you think you are and where they think you are in the process of meeting the goals of the company. Often times the employer will hand out an evaluation sheet and allow the employee to fill it out prier to the meeting to express where they believe their strengths and weaknesses lye in the hired role. Most often the employer will fill out an evaluation form as well before they meet and compare. This is a healthy way for employees to stay on track with their jobs and for employers to bring guidance and praise to where it is due.

 Wouldn't it be nice to walk into a review session with your employer and have them only give you praise! Have them tell you that you are the best employee in the whole company and they wish the rest of their employees were just like you. Often times we walk into the review session as Romans 12:3 says, "thinking more highly of ourselves than we ought."  It's hard sometimes to eat humble pie when the review doesn't go as planned. 

Evaluations are not only good in our professional lives but also good in our spiritual lives as well. If you are a follower of Christ and are filled with the Holy Spirit than you know that the Holy Spirit will keep you in check. Ever get that gut feeling that you should be spending more time in God's Word and in prayer? Have you ever gotten a phone call from a friend asking why you haven't been at church for a while? Have you lost the joy that you once had and maybe you are allowing yourself to fall back into old habits? These are all signs that it is time for a good evaluation of your spiritual life.  Paul says in this verse to "think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to you."

If you ask God to evaluate you, He will. He will do it with grace and love. He wants you to be exactly what he has created you to be. He wants success in your life and that comes through a close relationship with him. Remember there is always room for improvement!