Working toward 'Perfection'...
This might come as a surprise to you, but you’re not
perfect. Neither am I. {sigh} And no matter how hard we try (and we should be
always trying) (2 Corinthians 7:1), we will never achieve perfection. (Ecclesiastes
7:20) However, working towards this perfection, or holiness, implies maturity
in your faith. God has given us all we need—the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:2);
however as we discussed last week, He allows distractions to keep us focused on
Him and eternity. (1 Corinthians 10:13) I’ve found that when things are going
good, and I’m comfortable, I easily become bored, and then I tend to slip. I
skip a day of Bible study; which leads to another and before I know it, I
haven’t opened my Bible in two weeks…and things don’t look so great, and my
mood and attitude are far from Christ-like… Life’s distractions easily cause us
to sin. (Genesis 4:7) But the true test of our maturity is how we handle our
sin. Do we repent with remorse like Peter, or do we in essence commit suicide
like Judas? (Hebrews 6:1)
Are you taking the discomfort He’s put in your life (to
shake up your complacency) and using it to not only grow in your own Christian
walk, but to also help others? God
doesn’t excuse your sin, He uses it. He allows you to live by example of how
messed up you can be, and still have a relationship with Jesus. (1 Corinthians
1:4) Too often we depend on ourselves when life is going well, and only turn to
God when we feel we can’t do it alone; when we feel powerless. It’s when we
fully rely on God that our faith begins to mature. (2 Corinthians 1:9-10) This
attitude of dependence draws us closer to God, rather than further away.
We so easily want to follow the world’s view; but we should
be following God’s view. On Earth, as we mature, we become independent. But in
Christ, as we mature, we have to become dependent. The closer we draw to God,
the closer to perfection we get. (Philippians 3:12)
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