Perfection

Merry Christmas!

Last night, as I was praying, I got to thinking about perfection. I was thinking about how God's creation is perfect, and then remembering how Jesus is perfect too; but I wondered how this works, because people are not infallible like Jesus. I asked God to help me understand this, and He led me to to understand two different concepts of perfection.

Every person is perfect in that we are each one of God's creations, which are perfect as a rule. We're perfect in that we're not defective- all our parts, whether good or bad, functioning or no, are intended to be there. Everything about us is fashioned according to God's design; there are no blights, mistakes, or imperfections, because God controls it all and He intends it all for a purpose.

However, we are not perfect in the way that Jesus is perfect. Jesus is the highest standard against which all people are judged; He is complete in every good thing, 100%, and we are all varying degrees of less perfect. Against His perfect example our hearts, love, actions, and relationship with God are judged. We will always fall short of Christ's perfection, and this is where God's grace and glory are shown. So again we come back to the first concept of perfection, that even our imperfection compared to Jesus has a purpose and a place in God's will.

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deuterony 32:4)