Why Not? - The Word For Today 090906

Hey guys.. read this... and keep the flame burning.. this gave me a good reality check (coupled with it some encouragement).. as Waning would say "aza aza fight on"

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Be zealous...and be so always. - Galatians 4:18 NIV

Why Not?

Admiral Hyman Rickover, who was once head of the United States Nuclear Navy, personally interviewed every officer on board his nuclear submarines. Among them was former President Jimmy Carter. This is Carter's account of the interview: "He looked straight into my eyes. He
never smiled. I was saturated with cold sweat. Finally he asked a question and I thought I could redeem myself. 'How did you stand in your class at the Naval Academy?' I had done very well so I swelled my chest with pride and answered, 'Sir, I stood fifty-ninth out of a class of
eight hundred and twenty!' I sat back waiting for congratulations - which never came. Instead, the question: 'Did you do your best?' I started to say, 'Yes, sir,' but I remembered who this was and recalled several times at the Academy when I could have learned more about our allies, our
enemies, weapons, strategy, and so forth. I was just human. I finally gulped and said, 'No, sir, I didn't always do my best.' He looked at me for a long time, then turned his chair around to end the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget - or to answer. He said, 'Why not?' I sat there for a while, shaken, then slowly left the room."

That's a question we need to ask ourselves at the end of each day: "Did I do my best?" You can be certain it's a question you'll face when you stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ to be evaluated and rewarded. If you can't answer yes, the question then will be, "Why not?"