Perfect… Wouldn’t you love to be perfect? Have a perfect life?
What would it take for you personally? Less temper and more patience? Skinnier and prettier? Smarter? Richer? Well mannered children? Doting spouse?
Is it even feasible? Is it possible to attain?
I think not. Enough is never enough. People will always be humans who fail. There is only One Who will never fail. Only One Who provides security and sure foundation.
Jesus told this story: "The farm of a certain rich man produced a terrific crop….
I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones…. and I'll say to myself, Self, you've done well! …. Take it easy and have the time of your life!'
But then… you die. And your barnful of goods--who gets it?'
"That's what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God."
Jesus continued, "Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes …or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion.
There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body.”
"Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch?
"…. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things.
Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt, …The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.
(Luke 12 asst. verses from The Message)
Again Jesus speaks….“These words I speak to you are not mere additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundation words, words to build a life on….work the words into your life…
But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a dumb carpenter who built a house but skipped the foundation. When the swollen river came crashing in, it collapsed like a house of cards. It was a total loss." (Luke 6:47-49 The Message)
Lord Jesus, thank You for chiseling away at me….for the perfecting work of Your Spirit.
I continue to be a work in progress.
