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- Perfection is an illusion for humanity, but not for God. We strive for it, because in every human heart lies the desire to be closer to God. To be close to our holy God requires the pursuit of perfection.
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What we call perfectionismis not the same as the pursuit of excellence, though sometimes the lines can blur. When we pursue excellence, we’re determined to do something as well as possible within a given set of talent, resource, and time limits. But perfectionism is a pride- or fear-based compulsion that either fuels our obsessive fixation on doing...
But to understand and believe this, we must first understand something Jesus said that sounds contradictory: “You must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). This sure sounds like a demand for perfection on the face of it. And it is, and therefore it isn’t. Jesus, in his Sermon on the Mount, made this statement as the impos...
The Bible nowhere encourages us toward perfectionism. It promises us perfection — imputed perfection now (2 Corinthians 5:21) and future perfection in the age to come (Revelation 21:3–4) — as a free gift of God’s grace, so that we will be free from perfectionism. That’s why God goes to great lengths to expose the imperfect, clay feet of the Bible’s...
God has something far better for us to strive toward than our idealized imaginations of perfection, which only end up enslaving us. Perfectionism’s subtle, but great danger is its self-orientation. Since it is a fear- or pride-fueled effort to win approval for the self, its primary focus is de facto on self, not God or others. In other words, perfe...
God is calling us to the wonderfully refreshing experience of getting our eyes off ourselves and how we’re measuring up, and onto Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). He wants us to stop pursuing or being paralyzed by perfectionism so we are free to pursue love (1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Timothy 1:5) and pursue trusting him with all our hearts (Proverbs 3:5). And if ...
Jul 30, 2024 · Scripture often refers to God’s moral perfection as his righteousness. And the central question it addresses is how God, in his perfect righteousness (sinless perfection), can be reconciled to unrighteous (sinful) humans without becoming unrighteous himself.
A Prayer for Slaying the Beast of Perfectionism. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:18-19.
May 25, 2023 · If you’re struggling with the pressure to be perfect, we hope you find freedom with this verse and prayer. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’
Mar 14, 2018 · Perfection in keeping commandments is impossible even with a lifetime of tomorrows. Jesus was not claiming that His followers had to “be perfect” in order to receive forgiveness; rather, He was calling His people to honor God by reflecting His holiness even while approaching Him in daily repentance.
Nov 4, 2020 · A Prayer for Perfectionism. Our Lord, We come to you in places of restlessness, chaos, and disorder. How difficult it is, to live in a world that carries such uncertainty, indecisiveness, and a lack of resolution, as we ourselves long for structure, control, and order.
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