READ:
EPHESIANS 4:22-32
God places
a high premium on perfection. He expects all who belong to Him to be holy,
through and through. The Bible says, “Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?”
God gave me two illustrations to drive home the meaning of perfection.
Supposing a little bit of faeces from a baby’s pants drops into a bucket of
pure water, will the water still be pure? Also, 70-year-old man who had never
flouted the law mistakenly killed his wife through anger on his birthday
celebration; would he be set free because he had been holy for 70 years? In 1
Corinthians 5:6, the Bible says, “Your glorying is not good. Do you not know
that a little leaven the whole lump?” Ecclesiastes 10:1 says, “Dead
flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, and cause it, to give off a foul odor;
so does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.”
A little mistake can destroy a whole life long achievement of perfection and blamelessness. You have to be blameless all the way. We can refer to the story of Moses in Numbers 20:12. For 40 years, he had been in charge of the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt into the Promised Land. He kept on being a wonderful leader in the face of harassment by enemies and the people he was leading. However, he made just one mistake and because he was God’s favourite, his punishment was that he would get to the Promised Land. Many of us equate God’s standard with our own standard. This is mistake. God is not man. He has decided that nothing unclean shall enter Heaven. You can deceive your pastor but you cannot deceive God. Remember, the Bible says, “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13).
Therefore, you must exercise yourself unto blamelessness in the sight of God. The closer you are to God the holier you will become. God has stated that anyone who hungers and thirsts after righteousness will be filled. Make blamelessness your goal today and God will fulfil the desire of your heart.
A little mistake can destroy a whole life long achievement of perfection and blamelessness. You have to be blameless all the way. We can refer to the story of Moses in Numbers 20:12. For 40 years, he had been in charge of the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt into the Promised Land. He kept on being a wonderful leader in the face of harassment by enemies and the people he was leading. However, he made just one mistake and because he was God’s favourite, his punishment was that he would get to the Promised Land. Many of us equate God’s standard with our own standard. This is mistake. God is not man. He has decided that nothing unclean shall enter Heaven. You can deceive your pastor but you cannot deceive God. Remember, the Bible says, “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13).
Therefore, you must exercise yourself unto blamelessness in the sight of God. The closer you are to God the holier you will become. God has stated that anyone who hungers and thirsts after righteousness will be filled. Make blamelessness your goal today and God will fulfil the desire of your heart.
MEMORIZE:
Ecclesiastes 10:1 -Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, and cause it, to
give off a foul odor; so does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and
honor.
