We Are Not Perfect
Today
I've been thinking about all the things I didn't finish writing yet. Even though it's no longer the fall and we
are headed into a New Year. I decided to
write about the wood pumpkins I made a couple years ago. I
didn't sand them at the time and said I liked them that way for a
reason. It would give me an opportunity
in the future like this moment to let
you know that God takes us just as we are but through difficulties, love and His Word He sands down all the rough
edges. Now those pumpkins really had no
choice but to be sanded down. I did
finally sand them down and completed them.
However God is still working on us each day as we yield to Him and to
His purpose for our lives. Sometimes
that purpose is not quite clear but still the same we wait upon His
purpose. God loves us just as we are but
is
working on us as we trust Him to make us what he
wants us to be. When a person gets saved
it does not mean that that person is perfect, it means they are willing to let God
make the changes. God does not reject
anyone who humbly comes to Him with a genuine heart of faith.
Recently I was asked to have a book reading
club, I agreed to a bible reading. I chose
the book of Luke and talked about Mary because the Christmas season was upon us. The topic was " Why did God choose Mary?" It was during that lesson God spoke to me,
while I was teaching.
2 Chronicles
16:9
For the
eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
The word
perfect is the word that stands out to me here:
The truth
of the matter is that none of us our perfect and we will never be perfect until
we as children of God enter heaven's gate.
Mary,
though most favored above other women, was not perfect but was seen as perfect
because of her hearts willingness, purity and faith. Mary herself called Jesus
her Saviour. Joseph was also favored because of His fear
and faith.
God also
chose Noah because of His fear and faith of God. He too was favored above all living during
that time. He was the only believing man of faith, leading His family into
righteous living.
Mary was
not perfect, but was seen as perfect because of her faith in the coming Messiah. She was raised to love God and fear Him. She was taught about the Messiah. She was faithful and believing before God
chose her.
Colossians
1:28
Whom we
preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may
present every man perfect in Christ
Jesus: - Every man - (means mankind)
Our goal as
Christians should be- to keep our goals,
our thoughts, our motives, and our actions where they need to be while seeking
God's blessing and looking for God's guidance through life. This is what we find to be true, when we
become children of God. If our first
goal is to please God, we will do the right things because we love Him and
believe Him.
We will be
seen as perfect in our Heavenly Father's sight.
We must be willing to have those rough edges sanded, submitting
ourselves to the Father God's will.
It is a fascinating
thought to know that God is searching for people whose heart is perfect towards
Him.
People who
have made Him the most important part of their lives. People whose greatest desire is to please the
Lord and live a life of faith. They were
not perfect people but were seen as perfect because of Christ and His shed
blood and their desire to please God.
In Hebrews
God recognizes men and women who did things because of through faith
and it was
counted unto them as righteousness... It was in those actions God worked
through them.
Colossians
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always
labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
God's still
working on me and He is still working on you too.
We just
have to keep on going forward, keep our hearts right, resist the devil and
be willing
to change. If that's what God wants
that's what matters.
Who does
God see as perfect?, all those trusting Christ who love Him more than anything
else.
Those who
want to please Him more than anything else and keep themselves pure in an evil
day.
Those under the soul saving blood of the Lamb.
We must
pray for each other, that ye may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Let Us Pray
Father God, I pray that you will speak to
those seeking your will today, those who are discourage, those who are hurting
and those that are questioning,
Lead them back to you, restore their faith
show them the direction you would have them take.
I pray that each one will make a new commitment
to you for this coming new year.
In Christ Name I Pray This - Amen
Jesus will take anyone willing to come to Him by faith, accepting you as one of His beloved.
Jesus will take anyone willing to come to Him by faith, accepting you as one of His beloved.
Christ died for your sins and raised from
the dead - making salvation available for all.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
Susan Nikitenko
December 30th, 2017
Devotional
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