Day 33 "Perfect In His Sight"
Standing Perfect Before God
Happy Palm Sunday Beauties!
Welcome to Holy Week. I pray you’ve all enjoyed your Palm Sunday morning with the King of Kings. Did you have an opportunity to celebrate His triumphant entry into the city of Jerusalem and the meaning of His humble journey?
Let’s look at today’s lyric, “perfect in His sight.” Do you think you’re perfect? Are you striving to be? What do you believe in your heart about such a thing? Selah.
The Lord was so faithful as I looked to Him for a new message about this subject this morning. I usually speak to all the perfectionists out there who try to be perfect to be loved and accepted by family, friends, and even God. I continue to speak truth into the striving and proclaim God already sees us as perfect through the blood of Christ and His sacrifice. And, of course, I continue to say, “God already loves and accepts you just the way you are, so stop trying to be better!”
Today, He showed me a parallel between the Jews’ expectations of Him and our expectations of ourselves. You see, the Jews were waiting for their Savior, and many believed Jesus was indeed Him. The problem was they were looking at Him with an Earthly perspective. They were ready for a triumphant King to blaze into the city like a victorious warrior, but Jesus humbly rode in on a donkey. He did not meet the expectations of the people, but He did fulfill prophesy. He did what His Father called Him to do.
So, how does this story relate to you? What are your expectations of yourself? Do you expect perfection? Are you trying to live up to others’ high standards, or your own? What happens when you don’t live up to those standards? Is it okay to disappoint others as long as you are following Jesus and your purpose? Take a moment, stop, and honestly answer. Selah.
We pray for perfect behavior out of our love and deep devotion to God, but we will never attain it. So we keep on trying with more determination. When we fail again, we try even harder until we’re exhausted, believing we’ve disappointed God. Do you find yourself on this cycle? Selah.
I’m here to say, get off the cycle. You are already perfect in His eyes! The failures of being a human are going to happen over and over, like standing in a field of a million flowers, but it’s okay. Our role is not to be perfect, but to stay in relationship with Jesus, and fulfill the purpose of our lives….to love God, love others, and make disciples of Christ.
“For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News.” Colossians 19-23 (NLT)
Are you ready to move on from the need of perfection, knowing you are already loved and accepted by the one who created you? Selah.
The one perfect thing we can focus our attention on is Jesus - God’s Perfect Love. Beauties, the love we’ve always longed for can be found in Jesus. He’s our one true and perfect love!
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”