2.7.2010

Going onto Perfection

We get tarnished here on Earth. We have been masked by dirt and sout from earthy things. By money, status, jealousy, judgement, etc. But little by little God cleanses us. He is polishing us. He is working the tarnish from the world off of us. He is restoreing us back into what He made us to be.

God initiated a goal for us and He continues to call on us to reach this goal. He grasps hold of us to see that we can be made perfect by Him. We aren't there yet, but our goal is to know and be like Christ.

Not just to know the data of who Christ is, but to know Christ. To be in relationship with him. To finish each others sentences. To be humble and loving the way he has shown us.

We should be straining with ever fiber of our being to reach this goal.

Are you thinking, where am I supposed to even start? How?

Well the good news is that we don't do this all on our own. We can communicate with our Father through prayer. He restores us through prayer, reading the Bible, worshiping. We are all instruments to be used by God. But we have to place ourselves in His hands so He can cleanse us and polish us back to the image He placed in us when He created us. One of the ways we can put ourselves at the feet of God is by Communion. Bow down to the one true King. Let Him change you little by little.

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-16

"I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sister, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made."

All phrases of perfection are grounded in faith in Christ and what he has done,
not what we can do for him. We cannot perfect ourselves; only God can work
in and through us to "continue his work until it is finally finished on the day
when Christ Jesus returns." (1:6)

Music:

You never let go

All we need

Mighty to save

Because of your love