Quality – The Elixir of Life – Abundant Life
It is a lasting characteristic of life. It brings consistent results in tangible life; is a rule of thumb for the intangible. It could also be translated as a form of definitive truth. Gather many good, healthy and trustworthy things. We see his work through the ages, through history. We see how it has worked for people, situations, and nations.
“That” is quality. It is like wisdom. It’s always there, it’s always been there, and if I were a gambling person, I’d suggest it’s always there. it is durable. It abides by the law of cause and effect. You could almost be blessed with wisdom.
Quality as obvious of life:
The business world has been applying the principles of ‘quality management’ for years. I remember the quality revolution of total quality management (or TQM) in the early 1990s, where ‘variance’ in the production process could be completely eliminated through the scientific method of quality management – the simple application of the study of the truth; these foundations continue to exist today. It can be trusted to bring results. It works, always. We see this in our world through some very common things.
Quality goods and services:
There is evidence all around us of “good things”: things that we could buy or acquire, whether they are material things or the means for those things that give us the feeling that we have received value. Ah, that word value. Value and quality go together, right? There’s nothing like that feeling of well-being one gets from experiencing value. There is a satisfaction that comes with it. It is a blessing for wise action, or at least a consequence based on it.
But wait; there’s more to quality… quality promises, if we choose to accept them! And it’s never too late, unless it’s literally too late to experience these quality promises.
Quality of life / quality of life:
The greatest prize in life is life itself. A no-brainer. But what is ‘life’? Life is breathing and functioning; It is physiological exchange. it is regeneration. But that is not all. Of course, from a purely physical and visual point of view, life is only biological, anatomical, physiological. But what about our spirit? What about the spiritual life that almost all of us identify with and transact with?
Every time I start thinking about this topic I start thinking about Jesus’ statement in John: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they might have life, and have it to the full.” Abundant life. That is what faith in Jesus offers, one day at a time. What is this abundant (quality) life? I think it starts with receiving things in thanksgiving instead of longing or holding on to things. All my life I have struggled with self-control. One day at a time I’m mastering that now because living the abundant life has better rewards than holding on to things: food, for example. A certain peace or serenity within oneself is needed to enjoy life without succumbing to the internal pressures of our desires, one moment at a time.
Quality as a marker of success:
The Hebrew word Hattah literally means, ‘to miss the target’ or ‘to miss’, like an archer who shoots an arrow at a target, when he misses the target, he ‘misses’ the best result: he misses the target. Quality is hitting the target consistently, maybe not always, but enough that you can trust the result most of the time.