True excellence isn’t just about worldly success or recognition, but setting our minds and striving to reflect God’s character in all we do. Excellence means being outstanding or extremely good at something. It involves superior performance and achievement. For Christians, excellence goes deeper. It means being the best we can be with God’s help, doing tasks with care, skill, and honesty. Christian excellence is about a clear, purposeful direction in life that reflects God’s nature. Excellence is a journey, not a destination. It’s about growing, learning, and striving to improve. It’s also about character—choosing to do what is right even when no one is watching. As Christians, we know that excellence is not just about outward success but about living in a way that honors God and serves others.   Dr. Grant C. Richison says that Biblical excellence points to God Himself as the source and object of excellence; therefore, the more common way to describe excellence is by the Greek term telos. TELOS describes the END or PURPOSE of something. God has made us for a purpose and to move toward this TELOS is to move toward excellence. This is the fundamental issue in excellence. This also leads to fundamental questions about the purpose of life. Aristotle’s goal was to dis­cover man’s essential purpose of existence. Going by this philosophy, the excellence of a thing was related to the purpose for which it exists. However, being excellent ought to be seen in consideration to God’s purpose for one’s life. Excellence when understood this way is radically theocentric (God-centered). It means being the best we can be with God’s help’ while living out God’s purposes.