Boiling Over With Enthusiasm

Have you ever noticed that some people are excited about everything? I don't know about you, but I'm not always that easily excited. I do think that it is important, however, even if you're not bouncing off the walls, to be enthusiastic about what the Lord has done for you and your service to him.
This makes me think of a verse: "Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord" (Rom 12:11). As Christians, we are commanded not to be lazy in what we do. Whatever God has given us to do, whether school, or a job, or helping out around the house, we ought to do to the very best of our ability. We should work hard and not be lazy.
Second, we are to be "fervent in spirit." I think the best way we could say this would be enthusiastic. We should not be "wet blankets" and put a damper on the mood of everybody around us. Do you know people who just light up the room when they enter? They are the kind of people you like to talk to because they encourage you with their energy and excitement. Do you know the opposite kind of people? The ones who drag down any activity with their negativity and moodiness? The kind that can make any activity "boring"? Remember what Mr. Sam Brock says all the time at camp: "If you're bored, it's because you're a boring person." This verse tells us not to be boring people; we should be "boiling over" with enthusiasm.
Third, we are to be serving the Lord. If you have a magnetic personality and you can drum up excitement easily, but you are serving yourself or doing things that are wrong, that's no good. We should be excited about serving the Lord. After all that God has done for us, being able to serve him should be the most exciting thing in our lives. We should serve God enthusiastically, whether we help in the nursery, greet others and encourage them at church, or help with the music ministry. Wherever God has placed us, we should be enthusiastically serving God with diligence!