BUT WHO'S PERFECT?

        I saw this posted on New Year’s Day: “There is no perfect life, no perfect job, no perfect childhood, no perfect marriage and no perfect of people who will always do what we expect them to do. What we have is a perfect God who is able to lead us through this imperfect life with unfailing strength, incomparable wisdom and infinite love.”

        Great thoughts, these are, especially since our brand new 2020 is already sadly imperfect. The wrong teams lost on Wild Card Weekend, the wrong people prevail in Washington DC, and our President does the wrong thing, no matter what it was. So if we want a perfect world, I guess we’ll have to wait until next year! 

           But we do have something perfect: “God who is able to lead us through this imperfect life with unfailing strength, incomparable wisdom and infinite love.” Great words, for there really is perfection. The One who creates and directs the Universe does know what He’s doing.

        Now, before you point at all you think God has done wrong so far, consider what He has to deal with: sinful people, a broken world and Satan, who wants to break the world even more. Since that brand new pair of people turned their backs on the Creator, all their imperfect descendants have been fumbling around outside the Garden, convinced they can make it perfect again. And all this because a slimy snake said, “You will become like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:5)

        The snake was right. We’re always trying to be like God, trying to know what’s “good” (to our advantage) and “evil” (to our disadvantage). Satan’s promise wasn’t a kindly concept about what’s good for us all, but a selfish idea that benefits sinful us. Our pride says we can make things all better again, we can’t! Only God can do that, and that’s the real truth. 

         That’s why He sent His Son. Jesus was perfection the self-less One. His sinless life, excellent teaching and self-sacrifice was for us. He did what we cannot do for ourselves. All who believe they can make this world good again - teachers, philosophers and assorted do-gooders (even preachers) - will suffer constant indigestion till Judgment Day. 

       Some may read this and say, “Aw come on! Who’s perfect?” The Good News is that Jesus is! Jesus the Son of God Jesus the Crucified, Jesus our Forgiver. He is the Perfect One, all year, year after new year.

Thanks be to God for Jesus!

Rev. Bob Tasler (www.bobtasler.com)