Lethargic people have never changed the world for good. Passive people do not turn the tide in a crisis or encourage disheartened people. Conversely, the world has been changed dramatically by passionate people.
What makes some people passionate about what they do and others ambivalent? Why do some people undertake new tasks with zeal and others with little interest? Why would anyone choose to go to work each day when they had no enthusiasm for what they were doing?
We do not have long on this earth. If we are to make a mark for good or to leave the earth better than how we found it, then we must undertake our tasks with all of our might. There ought to be no half measures for the Christian worker. Shoddy workmanship, lukewarm effort, and satisfaction with mediocrity ought to be anathema to a follower of Christ. Live your life full out. Don’t squander even one day of the precious, nonrefundable life God has granted you.