What your choices determine

"Who we become is determined by whether we settle for what is permissible or strive for what is beneficial." - Mark Batterson

When we settle, we accept something less than what we could have. When we strive, we pursue something with great energy. Which would you rather describe you? Settling is so easy. It is our comfort zone. It is the familiar. It has the least road blocks. We decide to accept the okay instead of pursue the great. Are there any areas where you would choose the fourth best of something when you could have the best? Settling is a compromise of what we believe. We decide to take the easy instead of working for the harder.

I like the part that says "who we become". The choices we make, the areas we settle in, the things we strive for... they determine who we are becoming. We can wish we were becoming somebody, but the choices we make will determine who that actually is. So are you just living to the minimum standard? Are you doing just enough to get by? Are you settling for the okay? Or are you pursuing the important? Is the best what you aim for?

Take a minute and take a hard look at your choices recently. What are you pursuing first and what is getting your leftovers? Do you like who you will become with those choices?