LATENITE/ EARLY MORNING MEDITATION- Striving for Perfection (Matthew 5:48) - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. You should strive to be perfect. The word perfect in this scripture is referring to a state of being that consist of growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virture and integrity. Not meaning that you wont ever error or make mistakes, but its the mindset of losing yourself for the sake of Christ and your will, being secondary to his. Once you lose your own will, there is room for his perfect will. This causes you to behave, think, and act perfect in the sight of God and keeps you from constantly disappointing yourself and God with childish, selfish actions. Understand people of God, we are living in a selfish era. Many pastors have erred from the faith and failling away to their own selfish motives. They want to build monumental buildings and live lavish lifestyles to model the so called successes of the world. Do you know what this does? Once their selfish ambitions are reached and publicized through promotion and the media, the people under them, that are insecure or have personal affirmation issues, will seek to accomplish what they see them accomplishing and it causes the body of Christ to seek selfish ambitions rather than the perfection of God. Pastors, leaders and the entire five-fold ministry is here for the perfecting of the saints, not the riches of the world! We as carriers of the Gospel are to teach and preach sound doctrine to cause people to grown and become perfect in the sight of the Lord. We should not be producing dumb sheep that cant understand the bible but rather chase their own self gratifying wants and needs. You should be able to one day look back and see how far God has brought you spiritually instead of always staying in the same place, wishing you had not done what you keep doing and have been doing for years. Wheres the perfection? God is not saying that you will never error, but what he is saying is that it is imperative that you move forward in your knowledge of him and His Word. You must grow saints of God and you must not get caught up in self serving typed ministries that only appeals to your flesh. Your flesh will never be perfect, but your spirit man can be strong enough to war with and defeat your fleshly desires.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:50:20 +0000
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