“I do not require perfection. I just want you, just as you are. Just exactly as you are. Let my love wash over you. Allow my peace and security to rule in you. I am all you seek and all you need. I am. I can. & I will.”
Perfection is not required. Then why is it that I require it of myself? I do not tolerate mistakes well yet I make them regularly.
Mistakes, especially those that affect others, knock me down and it is not easy to get back up. I am extremely hard on myself.
The Lord is not pleased with this. He has been teaching me that I should give grace to myself as I would give it to another.
This has been a long hard learning for me and one I have yet to grasp fully.
The Lord is clear about forgiveness in His Word. I am familiar with forgiveness as I require much and I have had to give my fair share. However, when it comes to forgiving myself...let’s just say there is much work left to be done.
Grace is easier to give to someone else.
Paul said in Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
NIV
This is Paul formerly Saul writing. Saul who murdered, imprisoned & tortured people just because they followed The Way (Jesus)!! This is Paul saying yes I have been imperfect but I must press on and not get deterred. There is a race to win, there is a goal ahead. There is a purpose and a plan to fulfill.
This is Paul formerly Saul writing. Saul who murdered, imprisoned & tortured people just because they followed The Way (Jesus)!! This is Paul saying yes I have been imperfect but I must press on and not get deterred. There is a race to win, there is a goal ahead. There is a purpose and a plan to fulfill.
Press on. We must press on. We must do everything that we can to correct what we have done. We must pay the consequences. Then we must press on.
"God does NOT require perfection just obedience." ~ My Hubby
He wants us to NEVER quit or give up. Press on.
I am in such a hard season currently. One where I feel that the Lord is working in me to sanding off many rough edges. This is a painful process! Ultimately, I want to learn the things I need to learn now and quickly so that I can indeed press on and run the race that is set before me.
Isaiah 64:8 "Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."
I want to be teachable and pliable in His hands. I want to remember that the Master is making a masterpiece. He is not finished with me yet! I need to remember that I am a work in PROGRESS and give myself and others much grace.
Doesn't He do the same. He give grace upon grace.
I will NOT be perfect, as much as I want to be, but I WILL NOT GIVE UP. I will walk through this season allowing the potter to mold me and sand off my rough edges.
Father, I lay myself at Your feet. I ask that you continue your work in me. I am looking forward to my harvest of righteousness and peace according to Hebrews 12:11. I pray for the strength and grace to press on. I pray for joy in this season. I ask for forgiveness and help to learn and grow and allow the sanding to occur. May I not stop the process because it is painful or uncomfortable. Lord, I need you. Every day, hour, minute and second I need you. Help me to lean into you and be more aware of your presence. I love you Lord and I trust You! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
"God does NOT require perfection just obedience." ~ My Hubby
He wants us to NEVER quit or give up. Press on.
I am in such a hard season currently. One where I feel that the Lord is working in me to sanding off many rough edges. This is a painful process! Ultimately, I want to learn the things I need to learn now and quickly so that I can indeed press on and run the race that is set before me.
Isaiah 64:8 "Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."
I want to be teachable and pliable in His hands. I want to remember that the Master is making a masterpiece. He is not finished with me yet! I need to remember that I am a work in PROGRESS and give myself and others much grace.
Doesn't He do the same. He give grace upon grace.
I will NOT be perfect, as much as I want to be, but I WILL NOT GIVE UP. I will walk through this season allowing the potter to mold me and sand off my rough edges.
Father, I lay myself at Your feet. I ask that you continue your work in me. I am looking forward to my harvest of righteousness and peace according to Hebrews 12:11. I pray for the strength and grace to press on. I pray for joy in this season. I ask for forgiveness and help to learn and grow and allow the sanding to occur. May I not stop the process because it is painful or uncomfortable. Lord, I need you. Every day, hour, minute and second I need you. Help me to lean into you and be more aware of your presence. I love you Lord and I trust You! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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