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.
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