What If We’re Not Perfect?
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Please take a few minutes and think about a friend in your life, one whom you hold especially dear.
Even though that treasured friend may live thousands of miles away, the distance doesn’t matter, does it?
All you have to do is pick up your cellphone and call that special person.
God has blessed us with amazing technology, hasn’t He?
Fortunately, we don’t need a cellphone to talk with God.
No iPhone required
Special apps? No
Cell towers? No way
The signal strength and connectivity are buried deep within your heart.
Do you want to thank God for His blessings, or talk about problems in your life?
He will hear you right away.
How fast do our prayers travel up to Heaven?
Faster than the human mind can even measure.
What if we’re not perfect?
We’re absolutely not “perfect,” so why would God want to hear anything we have to say?
He owes you and me nothing.
There was only one “perfect” person on earth.
Jesus Christ – fully God and fully Man – sent to us by God as our redeeming Savior.
So why would God even consider us, wretched sinners who often fail Him?
Because He loves us.
Delight in the Lord.
Make your life count for Him!
What is God looking for? He is looking for men and women whose hearts are His — completely. That means there are no locked closets. Nothing’s been swept under the rugs. That means that when you do wrong, you admit it and come to terms with it. You long to please Him in your actions. You care deeply about the motivations behind your actions. God is not looking for magnificent specimens of humanity. He’s looking for deeply spiritual, genuinely humble, honest-to-the-core servants who have integrity. – Chuck Swindoll, Christian pastor, author and educator. 2
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1 Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
2 Chuck Swindoll quotation, courtesy of Insight For Living, “Becoming a Man or a Woman after God’s Own Heart,” Insights (April 1997). para. 4. Web. Accessed 4 January, 2020. Copyright © 1997 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
