You Are to be Perfect

There is this verse, often overlooked. At least I have ready past it scores of times without noticing the impact. It occurs in Mathew 5:48, and is a command for us to be perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect. Likewise in Leviticus 19:2, God commands Moses to speak to the congregation, that they shall be holy, as God is holy.

In myself, by myself, and of myself, I am anything but perfect! Yet Christ in me is. Today, as I pondered this, it struck me that when we see our condition, when we observe the reality of imperfection, it is His beconning call to turn, just as we turn to first behold Him and receive salvation. Turn to the Perfect King and see how glorious that perfection is.

By this we are saved! And by this turning we are transformed. What we see as imperfect is drawn down to the altar and reckoned dead in Him. And on the other side, in the experience of faith, something new is created in us of perfection. We are made perfect by His ministry! It is His command, and the path that we walk.

So in every situation, where we see our broken condition, it is an exciting opportunity for transformation, a step onto the road of Glory for Him! How great is our God, to take the broken nature of man and craft the life of His son in us.

Your Local Church

Sometimes it takes me a while before what the Lord speaks to me sinks in. And in some areas, a very long time. I will be brief, but revelation has come in the area of the body in your locality (mine too...). You are part of the body of Christ in the city that you live in. The only thing separating you from the supply of life from every other member is how much importance you place on walls, culture, and doctrine. If I choose to love the body, and lay down my life for Christ, I must love each member, giving them the life I have.

I have no church besides the church in my city. For certain I meet with those I am close to, and I meet with others as well. All are members of my church, which is the Body of Christ in this city. It is my requirement to love them, feed them, meet with them, worship God together, and be built together. To work towards any other goal is to build something temporal, something that can not translate into the heavenlies. There is no denomination before the throne, no "non-denomination" either! There is no special choir or band before the throne, no chosen music, just the pure worship in the spirit by those who love Him. There is no section for this doctrine on the right, and for that doctrine of the left before His throne. If you love the Lord your God with all your heart, that is doctrine enough.

My revelation is in the power and freedom of this ground. When I stand in prayer, agreeing with the church in this city, embracing all who love Him and serve Him, I get connected to something beyond what I can see with my eyes. I receive transcendent faith, waves of Grace, and the sense that His Power is pushing forward into this realm.

My trap at times was to look at the division, to see the ineffective practices of the walled up assemblies in my community and loose faith. But Christ inside of the believers behind those walls is connected to the heavens, where those walls do not exist! That unity of faith is in the life inside each member. We can speak that unity, pray it, worship in it. And all of the of the nonsense is invisible, when we enter into His love.

Thank you Lord for your vision, you are more than I could ever dream of!