Our women are so awesome and so REAL! We meet on Wednesday nights in our newly decorated classroom, in the education wing. This is where you can read a weekly blog, hopefully uplifting and encouraging all women who read.
WEEKLY BLOG: THE GOAL ISN'T PERFECTION
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 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" - Philippians 3:11-14
Working on our weaknesses doesn’t mean that we will become perfect. It just means that we are growing and refuse to fall into the traps that have ensnared us in the past.
Author Edwin Bliss once said, "The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time." I also once heard that craftsmen of early Persian rugs would purposely weave a flaw into their intricate patterns because they believed perfection only belonged to God.
We can never be perfect and should not waste our time trying to be. However, when we fail to work on our weaknesses, we fail to grow. As the focal verse highlights, our goal is to press forward in order to be recipients of God’s blessings.
These blessings are not only for our benefit, but it is for the benefit of those we influence. If you can master your weakness, that provides a testimony to encourage others to do the same. It also helps you to recognize your God-given power to shift the narrative and rise above those things which are hindrances in your life. What are your hindrances? What keeps you from moving forward with God? Have you let your time with God be filled with the daily routines and other things?
Your life reflects God. How you act; what you say; where you go...this reflects where your heart is really. Our kids are watching us and observing the bad behavior as well as the good. Your obedience displays worship to God. You can identify your weakness, work on your weakness, and release yourself from the burden of being perfect so that you can grow in your spiritual walk.
You might say, "I'm not trying to be perfect. I'm just living." True, but what kind of life are you living? Again, it goes back to our weaknesses and how God can help us through them. He's the only one who is perfect...strive to be like Him, but remember you aren't perfect. None of us will be perfect until we reach heaven. Strive to reach heaven; strive to be like Him; strive to show others you are working on your weaknesses!
