Perfection
We all have a desire to be really good at something – whether for ourselves or someone else. We like to have people look up to us. God calls us to be perfect, as well.
Matthew 5:48 (NASB)
Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
God is Perfect
There is no sin in God. He never makes mistakes. He never needs a “do-over.” He always does the right thing. He never says the wrong thing. He is perfect. We all know ourselves. We know that we have never been perfect. We also know that no one else around us is perfect. How can we be perfect, then?
What Is God Looking For?
1 Samuel 13:14b (NASB)
The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people”
Acts 13:22 (NASB)
After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.
God knows our hearts. He knows if we truly desire to love Him and serve Him. He also knows if we don’t really want to serve Him, but would rather go after our own desires, forgetting about Him.
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NASB)
“For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.
Psalm 42:1 (NASB)
As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.
God is looking for people who long to spend time with Him, people who enjoy spending time with Him, the way we might love to hang out with our best friend. God created us in His own image, so it makes sense that He would have some of the same desires for companionship that we have.
Before my children were born, I knew that I would love them, and I did (still do). Before God created us, He knew He would love us, and He did (and still does). I love spending time with my children and grandchildren. God loves spending time with us. Do we act like the son or daughter who never calls their parents?
He Makes Us Holy
I have heard some people say that they have done too much for God to forgive, that they are just too evil. Similarly, some people think that they are good enough, that they do more good than bad, so of course they will go to heaven.
Romans 3:23 (NASB)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
We all fall into this category: all. We can’t do this on our own, but we can do it by the grace of God.
Matthew 19:24-26 (NASB)
24 “Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”
26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
God is able to do what we could never do. He not only is able, He wants to purify us, so we can fellowship with Him.
Hebrews 10:19-20 (NASB)
19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
Jesus left His place in heaven so that we could be forgiven of our sins. The reason He did this was so that we could go to Him with a pure heart and spend time with Him.
Hebrews 4:14-16 (NASB)
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Our Part
Yes, we do have a part that we need to do. We have to be willing to offer up our lives in this world, so that Jesus can save us from this world.
Romans 12:1-2 (NASB)
1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
This might seem like a difficult thing, until we think about the pain, guilt, and loneliness that we all have. God is offering each one of us the opportunity – every day – to be free from conformity to this world, with all of its misery, so that He can transform our minds back to the way that He created us. I have found that we all need to get to this point ourselves, when we realize that this world has nothing truly good to offer us, outside of God. When we submit ourselves to His will, then we find true freedom – freedom from sin and all of its consequences.
Are We Ready?
God is ready, and He is waiting for us. He longs to spend time with you. Do you long to spend time with Him? I invite you to try it. Find a place of prayer, all by yourself, and start talking with Him.
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