Perfection? God has established standards by which our relationship with Him ought to be accomplished. The formula for success is simple. “Love me with all your heart. Serve your neighbor.” These are the “torque” instructions that we come with at birth. This is God’s expectation for the maintenance of His relationship with us.
Think about it. God doesn’t mean for us to explore new and different ways of applying his love. Simply, “love me with all your heart.” Why is it that in our zeal to “perfect” that relationship, one that is perfected by Jesus, we often try to do more and try harder?
God’s Word tells us: “On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’” (Luke 10: 25-29).
Perfecting what is already perfect doesn’t seem like a wise idea? Nonetheless, that is what we are doing when we try to do good for God. God’s specifications for good works it pretty simple. Forget about doing good for me; put all of your efforts into doing good for others. This is the perfect relationship between Creator and created that was established since before time.
“I pray today in Jesus name that when we are tempted to perfect our relationship with our Father in Heaven, we pause to consider that our relationship with God is based on love, His love for us. Nothing else matters. Amen!”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34) www.thispassingday.com
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