Protecting The Perfect

Protecting The Perfect…

In Philippians, Paul said, “One thing I do[…] I press on. ” He then said, “As many as are perfect have this attitude.” You’d think that if you’re perfect, then you’ve arrived because perfection is about getting to the full state or becoming complete.

Yet, he’s saying that all who are perfect have to have the attitude that they haven’t yet arrived. Those who are pressing ahead to be perfect – and who know that they’re not – are those who are perfect in God; imperfect in themselves, but perfect in Him.

The greatest saints I’ve known in my life aren’t those who thought they arrived, but those who always want to go deeper – to learn more, become more loving, more holy, more pure, more on fire, more like Jesus.

There’s always more to Jesus, and the only way you can be filled up is to never stop filling yourself up with more of Him. Have this attitude that Paul had – never stop pressing on for more until you’ve arrived.

In always seeking and finding more of Him, you will have arrived, and in that will be your perfection.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if at some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.  Philippians 3:13-16

Press on today and continue on in the perfection of Jesus.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed