CHRISTIANS DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER 2

Voice of Eden (episode 233)

Thur. 29th July 2021

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 2?

𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝟷:𝟸‭-‬𝟺

𝙼𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜; 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

The perfection God requires from us includes all our imperfections. Don't get me wrong, He doesn't mean we should go on sinning, He is only saying we should come the way we are.

It is in coming to Him that we exchange our weaknesses for His strength and our imperfections for His perfection.

Every Christian is made Perfect by the Blood of Jesus and not by the matter of life that we live. That's the reason why I say, being righteous should be more important than being right.

Being righteous is by faith in Jesus. Being right is by works.

God considers every trial and temptation you face as your journey into perfection!!! Remember I said that perfection is a journey through a path called progress, made possible by a means called Patience.

We should accept our neediness and seek God passionately. No man can arrive at perfection by works.

Doing so allows the following attributes to develop: a hunger for God’s Word, faithful service, deepening trust, and decision-making based upon principle rather than preference.

Patiently and mercifully, God matures us.

Several weeks ago, I told you that God is never in a hurry to send us help. More than the help, we need the process, so that when the help comes we are ready to be helped.

I recently discovered that most often than not, Jesus would rather allow us to go through before He comes through for us.

And the virtue we need to compel Him to come through is Patience.

I'll end with this; being a Christian demands constant progression, not instant perfection. For every temptation we face, it is an opportunity to make progress. Take Hold Of It!!!

#voe

#keepgrowing

#goodmorning