GOD'S PROVISION IS IN HIS PROMISES - FIND THEM, PROCLAIM THEM and LIVE
THEM........ 2Pet 1:4 tells us God has given us His " VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS
PROMISES SO THAT THRU THEM YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE" ......
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Rhapsody of Realities

Believe In Perfection

Monday, September 22nd
-Pastor Chris

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew
5:48).

There’re many who don’t believe that perfection is possible. When you try to talk to them about perfection, they don’t want to hear it. With a sneer, they accuse you of being a “perfectionist,” because in their erroneous belief, “nobody can be perfect.” Yet, when you study the Word, there’s no place that suggests to us the impossibility of perfection. God doesn’t give us a chance
not to be perfect. Everything about Him calls for perfection; He requires us to be perfect, not when we get to heaven, but here and now—in the earth!
The reason most people don’t think perfection is possible, which is why they’re not perfect, is that they don’t know what perfection is. Perfection is like success, which can be measured at different stages of your life, according to the set-out objectives, purpose, and goal. Perfection is measured according to the light, instruction, or information that you have with respect to the underlying objectives.
Our opening verse says, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” The word “perfect” here is the Greek “teleios,” which describes perfection in your heart; a completeness;
measuring your heart with the heart of God.
The way to do this is through the Word. Think, love and forgive as God wants you to—let your heart be like the Father’s heart.
The word “perfect” is also used in 2 Corinthians 13:11; it says, “Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect….” This time, another Greek word, “katartizo” is used for
“perfect.” It means to do things perfectly.
This is not the perfection in the heart (teleios) but of your actions: the things you do and how you do them. The emphasis here is on doing things impeccably right the first time. And the first step in achieving this is learning to pay attention to details!
Believe in perfection and don’t be intimidated by it. Your perfection will be judged according to the training and information that you’ve received, not the one you didn’t get. So, practise being
perfect; think and talk perfection, because the Lord requires it of you.

Prayer:
Dear Father, I thank you for revealing to me your desire for me to be perfect; I affirm my faith in your Word and declare that by reason of your Spirit of excellence that’s at work in me, I think, talk and do perfect things, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

F U R T H E R S T U D Y:
1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit
we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Daily Scripture Reading:
1 Year Bible Reading Plan:
Galatians 6:1-18, Isaiah 9-10
2 Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 Timothy 5:19-25, Jeremiah 40.
Good morning and do have a lovely week.
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