What is the way of perfection? Moses exhorted the people to observe all God’s statutes and decrees with all heart and soul. Jesus goes further by proclaiming we must love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
The way of perfection is to love as Jesus did, He who gave up His life for the most underserving and ungrateful people that we are. He who willingly took on our sins to die a most humiliating and excruciating death just so that we can be redeemed. He who dined with sinners and tax collectors, engaged outcasts like the woman at the well, cast demons out and healed the sick.
Jesus who was the human face of His Heavenly Father showed us what true love, compassion and mercy, should look like. He also showed us how we should live - at one with the Father through constant communication so that He accomplished His Father’s will in thought, word and action at every turn.
Rather than focus on material or physical perfection which seems to be the goal of many today, let me focus on spiritual or supernatural perfection instead. If I choose to, I can be perfect today - as my Heavenly Father is perfect.
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