Most of the time when we think about catching something some disease comes to mind. Both my wife and I have to be concerned about this. We work with school children every day and are always catching something from them. While we don't want to share diseases, there is something we all need to share...enthusiasm!
Jobs, ministries, relationships and about every other life activity we are are involved in requires enthusiasm to be successful. Many people change jobs, ministries and even relationships frequently because they have no enthusiasm for what they are doing. If they don't make a change they face each day with boredom and lack of effectiveness.
One young man expressing his love to his girl-friend illustrates the lack of enthusiasm some have. He wrote her a letter in which he said, "My dear sweetheart, I love you with all of my heart. I cannot bear the times when we are not together. I dream of you when I sleep and in my daydreams. I look forward to being with you and if it doesn't rain this weekend I'll be over to see you.
Someone has defined enthusiasm as "learning what actions and attitudes please others and becoming excited about doing them." If we would learn how to motivate others with a spirit of praise and joy, life would become much more rewarding and we would become enthusiastic about everything we are doing. In our job or ministry a goal of pleasing those we serve would make us enthused even if the actual tasks don't seem to have much significance. In our relationships a goal of uplifting others would cause us to enthusiastically search for new ways of accomplishing that goal. Most of all, a desire to please God should bring us to all of life's tasks and relationships with great enthusiasm. What is our goal? Is it just to make it through another day or to minister to those around us and to our God?
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