I heard about a story of two primary kids. One lived in a demanding family where his parents required him to be superb in his studies. In any of his school subjects he would be punished for every point he missed  if he didn’t received a score of 100 points.  The other child lived an encouraging family in which his parents were always supportive and inspired him to do his best on the shcoo lwork. Even if his grades were initially far below average. he caught up with his classmates later because of his parents’ encouragement. This boy was successful in his adult life; however, the former child stumbled and failed in his later life.

The world often values what a person achieves, but not what he or she does. That is why people tend to celebrate victories or desirable outcomes, but not how the things have been performed. Nevertheless, this is not how God evaluate his people. In a story of three servants (Matthew 25:22-23) the second servant with a little money returned to his master. The master said, “Well done good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together” (v. 23).

God is always looking for a faithful person and to celebrate his joy with him. We are perhaps not  high achievers, but can be faithful servants.