Mediocre or diligent obedience to God?

Have you ever thought that mediocrity disturbs God?

Mediocre, according to Webster’s dictionary, is derived from a Latin word meaning literally “halfway to the top.” So, we only are going halfway when we had planned to go all the way.

I am afraid that most of us are content with mediocre obedience to God in our daily lives. We are satisfied merely to keep our nose clean and passively avoid the “greater sins” of the world (there is no difference in sins to God). So, not much effort goes into our obedience to God on a daily basis.

God doesn’t intend it or want it to be this way. In Psalm 119:4,...