The performance review

So in my days of ministry I was always under review. If you think about it every step you make, every message delivered, every event planned and executed is being measured and evaluated by the members. If you do a youth event and a lot of kids show up, it gets a great review. If you do one and only a few come, yet they all grow closer to Christ for me that's a victory, to the casual outsider it's a failure. Every sermon delivered is dissected and evaluated based on the emotional attachment and possibly the points covered.
Then, I took a job at the Betty Griffin House, there at the end of the first grant year I was evaluated. Now, at each presentation I have evaluations filled out by each student and by the teacher or administrator in charge. So, I know as I go along how good of a job I did. But, I wasn't prepared for the end of the year evaluation. That time when you sit down with the Executive Director and go over each objective you were expected to execute on. From punctuality, to appearance, to performance on the job to others' perception of the Betty Griffin House due to my work. There were over 20 points touched on and graded. Each seeming more intrusive than the last. Then, I was asked to go over the list and grade myself. No way I can do that, I am so critical of myself I will always make worse grades than I would be given. Had I known it was coming I would have put more thought into it, and spent more time over the year preparing specifically for the questions asked. As it turned out I got excellents through out the evaluation, (don't act so surprised) and it turned out great.
2 Corinthians 5:10 tells us:
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad"
Your job as a Christian will be evaluated, it will be weighed out and JEsus Christ will be the one doing the evaluation. So ask yourself, what have you done in recent days that will get you a good evaluation? What do you plan to do today for Christ, to bring about excellency in His view of you?
I will probably not blog tomorrow as I am speaking at All Pro Dads at Southwoods Elementary School and then going on a field trip with P.J.'s class. So have a great weekend and thanks so much for reading!