The Cream Always Rises

I don’t know about you, but I watch a few reality TV shows. I watch America’s Got Talent, Top Chef, The Apprentice, Survivor, MasterChef, and Hell’s Kitchen, to name a few. The one thing I’ve noticed with a lot of these kinds of shows is the variety of different kinds of people on each show.

Last week America’s Got Talent had its finale. We watch this show as a family and we really enjoy it, so we’d watched this whole season and we really were excited for the finals. Yet, it’s what got the show to that point that was the most interesting to me. During the auditions you see tons of different acts; most of them are just horrible. Yet, there is always some outstanding undiscovered talent out there, and of course the act that somehow gets through to the next round. The judges see some acts and for some reason just push through some bad ones, probably to give them someone to make fun of later, right?

Well, as it always happens, by the time they got down to 20 or so acts, the cream had risen to the top. Sure, you still had your singers, magicians, dancers, and other variety acts. Still, by far they were the best in the competition, even though they were so different. They were all worthy of their place, and worked their way into these positions. No matter who won, it was going to be one of the best people from the auditions, be it the child opera singer, the too cool Mr. Grimm (who won it all), the Prince who supposedly is the next Lady GaGa, or one of the others who remained.

My question today is this: If God had a reality show and you were auditioning, would you rise to the top? Are you striving to make yourself better every week in order to remain in the running for the top prize? In shows like AGT the cream always rises to the top. Those people work hard every week in order to get better and better and seek out the votes of others. Are you worthy of other people’s votes? Are you improving yourself in order to get better as a Christian, or are you just coasting along hoping that you won’t be the one voted off?

I pray that you strive to make yourself a better Christian every day/week. Constant progress in your walk will allow you to stay in the competition and allow you to be the star that God has envisioned you to be.