Did You Do Your Best
Donald Cantrell
Colossians 3:23
Theme: ‘‘Labor Day is a reminder that we should all do our best for God’’
Col 3:23 KJV - And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Labor Day Sermon
I - The Vast Realm of our Work
II - The Virtuous Reason of our Work
III - The Validated Recognizer of our Work
Did You Do Your Best?
For many years Admiral Hyman Rickover was the head of the U.S. Nuclear Navy. For many years every officer aboard a nuclear submarine was personally interviewed and approved by Rickover. Among them was former President Jimmy Carter who, years ago, applied for service under Rickover.
This is his account of his interview with Admiral Rickover:
‘‘I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me choose any subjects I wished to discuss. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time-current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery-and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing difficulty. In each instance, he soon proved that I knew relatively little about the subject I had chosen. He always looked right into my eyes, and he never smiled. I was saturated with cold sweat. Finally he asked a question and I thought I could redeem myself. He said, ‘How did you stand in your class at the Naval Academy?’ Since I had completed my sophomore year at Georgia Tech before entering Annapolis as a plebe, I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, ‘Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!’ I sat back to wait for the 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 of the many times at the Academy when I could hav ...
Donald Cantrell
Colossians 3:23
Theme: ‘‘Labor Day is a reminder that we should all do our best for God’’
Col 3:23 KJV - And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Labor Day Sermon
I - The Vast Realm of our Work
II - The Virtuous Reason of our Work
III - The Validated Recognizer of our Work
Did You Do Your Best?
For many years Admiral Hyman Rickover was the head of the U.S. Nuclear Navy. For many years every officer aboard a nuclear submarine was personally interviewed and approved by Rickover. Among them was former President Jimmy Carter who, years ago, applied for service under Rickover.
This is his account of his interview with Admiral Rickover:
‘‘I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me choose any subjects I wished to discuss. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time-current events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics, electronics, gunnery-and he began to ask me a series of questions of increasing difficulty. In each instance, he soon proved that I knew relatively little about the subject I had chosen. He always looked right into my eyes, and he never smiled. I was saturated with cold sweat. Finally he asked a question and I thought I could redeem myself. He said, ‘How did you stand in your class at the Naval Academy?’ Since I had completed my sophomore year at Georgia Tech before entering Annapolis as a plebe, I had done very well, and I swelled my chest with pride and answered, ‘Sir, I stood fifty-ninth in a class of 820!’ I sat back to wait for the 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 of the many times at the Academy when I could hav ...
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