The Perfection of God, February 19th Worship

When we say that something is perfect it is often with surprise and delight. We know that anything even close to perfect is temporary and fleeting. The Bible explains that because we live in a broken world everything is imperfect. This is why it is such a burdensome mistake to ever think that we can be perfect. The brokenness runs deep. It is a trivial view of sin to think that we can tidy up a few things and life will be perfect. Many people travel through life thinking that perfection is just barely out of reach. They think if only I had this one thing, then it would be perfect. In contrast, God’s Word tells us to look at our lives with absolute honesty. It is much healthier to expect imperfection. It is exhausting to pretend that perfection is possible. Relationships are much sounder when we expect other people to fail us and know that we will fail them. We have this wonderful and amazing thing to share. We have our perfect God. He can redeem everything. He can seal us in His grace so that the imperfection does not destroy us. Seeing God’s perfect love for us in Jesus Christ is the beginning of an amazing journey to when we will finally see the full perfection of God.