Having an A student’s mindset often shows in an unwillingness to settle for mediocrity. These are the students who refuse to stop at “good enough”. They consistently exceed expectations. When I was in school, I found myself bothered by the things others overlooked. I would read the textbooks most people reserved for higher education. I would dive into the “unnecessary details”. I wasn’t content with surface learning. I wanted to understand.
I wasn’t just reading to pass exams—I was probing, questioning, digging until things made sense. That hunger for depth meant that even in seasons when I didn’t give my all, the effort I did give still produced results that stood out. And I’ve learnt over the years that this same A-student nature—this drive to go beyond, to pursue excellence—makes a powerful difference in your walk with God when applied.
Because then, your pursuit of God is not casual. You don’t approach Scripture with a lazy eye. You don’t treat His instructions as suggestions. Instead, you search them out, wrestle with them, and refuse to stop until they are lived out in you. You say, ‘If the apostles did this, then I can do it too.’ If any man or woman has walked in this manifestation, then I can as well. We are made of the same stuff. That mindset shatters limitations. It fuels a holy can-do attitude. This mindset facilitates the manifestation of the fullness of the Spirit.
Conversely, laziness has a tendency to seep into other areas. A lackadaisical approach in one area will eventually spill into every other area—including your relationship with God. Surface-level effort will always produce surface-level fruit. But diligence, excellence, and a studious nature will mark your walk with God with depth, strength, and power.
So if you haven’t yet applied that A-student mindset to your spiritual life, begin now. Approach your walk with God like a student determined to make an A—studious, diligent, relentless. Not out of performance, but out of excellence. Out of a desire to know Him well, to walk with Him fully, to live for Him deeply.
This is what He wants. That we cast off laziness, rise above mediocrity, and pursue Him with excellence of spirit.
God bless you.
