Today’s Scripture: Matthew 5:48 ESV –You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
As a nine or ten year old I recall coming across this verse sitting in a Sunday school classroom that was set up as a green room for my entry into a children’s play. My spirit was relieved and reassured at that moment I could be perfect just as my heavenly Father is perfect.
Forty plus years later I still know that God’s perfection is in me and now more fully understand how God is all that is perfect. Here in Matthew after Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount I see that everything He called us to be is against our nature and is only possible if He is in it.
Right off the bat the first beatitude is for us to be poor in spirit; poor in our own spirit, poor in our mind and flesh. Our acceptance of our poverty and the awareness of His Spirit over ours open up His Kingdom that is perfect.
Do you believe that God’s perfection is in you?
Today’s Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for your words to us. Thank You for revealing Your Spirit that is perfect. Help me to live in Your Spirit. I know my spirit is poor and impure while Your Spirit is pure and rich. Hold me close LORD and keep the eyes of my heart on Your Spirit. Amen
Tom Raines, Jr.
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