You therefore must be perfect, as
your Father in heaven is perfect.
Every time I read
this verse I wonder to myself, “Does the Lord Jesus really know who
He is talking to? All of us humans are so flawed, even the very best
of us. And it seems like those who make the greatest effort to be
'perfect' make the biggest mess out of themselves.
J.N. Darby asks in
his hymn: “And is it so, I shall be like Thy Son?” It's a great
hope! But this is vison not of a present earthly reality, but a
future heavenly reality.
Two thoughts:
Our total
incapability to be perfect drives us to the One who actually was
perfect.
Anything less than
perfection in ourselves is absolutely not good enough for us to be
satisfied with who we are. As we examine and follow the example of
Jesus while He was here on this earth, we actually do move closer
towards what He is telling us we must be.
Forgetting what is behind, I press
on towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus. Phil: 3:13
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