I’ve figured life out. I have figured out the secret to being perfect. For years, I’ve had people telling me that I am a sinner and that I just need to not do drugs, or drink, or smoke, and then I’ll be fine. While yes, not doing those is a good thing, it’s not a solution, and really good behavior shouldn’t be our goal. Our goal should be perfection.
How can I say that? How can I say that perfection is even possible? What is perfection?
Perfection – (n) Freedom from fault or defect.
So am I saying that we can possibly have perfect behavior? Once again, behavior isn’t the end goal. Christianity is not a behavior improvement program. In one moment, we are made perfect. Post-salvation life is not a journey towards perfection. It is a journey with perfection.
In Colossians 1 Paul writes this:
21“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.”
So because of the cross we are presented as holy, without blemish, and free from accusation in His sight. In other words, we are perfect in His sight. I have always pictured God looking at me and holding His hand over His eyes to cover up my blemishes, so that he only sees the good part of me. I know a lot of people that look at it that way. How is it possible that I bought into Satan’s lie that the God of the Universe would make Himself ignorant to my sins? It seems more reasonable that He would see me the way I really am. God sees us as perfect, as holy, without blemish, and free from accusation. That means we are perfect. We are holy. We are without blemish. We are free from accusation.
Maybe our behavior isn’t God’s focus. No longer are we judged by our behavior. We are perfect and blameless.
God isn’t interested in your behavior. God wants you. God’s life in you brings new behavior in your life, but it is never the goal. There comes a desire from God’s life to let Him live through you. It never needs to be you trying to cleanse yourself or to perfect yourself.
You are already perfect!
