So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.
(Matthew 5:48)
What is perfect, Lord? Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Perfection is the essence of any quality, the standard to which it is held. It is completeness. How, then, can we be complete?
You made us to complete your creation, male and female that we might complete each other. If we are true to who we are, we are perfect.
How can I be true? First, I have to know who I am, and, in order to do that, I must know who you are. You do not hide yourself from me. Even in the smallest matters, you show me what is real. All I have to do is be aware of you.
Please take away the distractions, or give me the strength to overcome them. Any thought, word, or deed that is not from you is from the enemy. For now, Lord, you allow the world, the flesh and the devil to afflict me, but you protect and comfort me. Life would be so simple if I just held onto you. Why do I let go? Please put your name on my lips and in my heart this week – God, my Father; Jesus, my Savior; Holy Spirit, my guide. Walk with me.