Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Road


This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.  Ephesians 4:13

Our youngest son, Elijah, is growing up quickly.  It's hard for me to believe that he will be celebrating his 6th birthday in August, but I am proud to say that he is on target with all of the suggest growth standards, vocabulary, word count, understanding and acknowledgement, and is now even playing up an age division with his older brother, Elliott, on the 8U Panthers flag football team.  

What if a believer’s walk of faith was determined with a chart?  How would we measure up?

A believer’s perfection is not a flawless imitation of God but rather a process of maturing into a purer and more godly person.  Growing in godliness means becoming more like God, even when we fall way short of his perfect standards, and believe me when I say that quite often I fail to measure up.  

Let us remember that the process of reflecting more and more of God’s nature will be completed when we reach heaven, and then indeed we will finally be considered ‘perfect.’

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