The evil of Perfectionism

 (1Pe 5:10)  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

I have seen many a Christian fearful of joining ministry because of the evil of perfectionism. This is quite common because many think they are not good enough or worthy enough to do anything for God.

This should not be a hindrance. But unfortunately, it is. We all live once. None has ever lived in time past and is back again living in the present. At least we are having an equal footing there. Since none has been here before and no one can claim they are perfectly fit for God to use them. Like Andrew Wommack, normally says, no one has ever been perfectly fit for God to use them. Everyone had a fault somewhere somehow except for someone like Joseph. The rest had issues. Moses was a stammerer, Abraham had fears in telling the truth, the same with Isaac and Jacob, Gideon saw himself as nothing compared to the task ahead, David killed someone’s husband etc.

God is dealing with each one of us at their level of weakness. And you may never know what another is dealing with. Although we are imperfect in some areas, in terms of skills required or morally, God does not expect us to remain there. He expects us to outgrow them and become more skilled and mature Christian. A mature Christian is one who has exercised his senses to discern both good and evil.

In the natural, when a car is moving in the wrong direction, the driver has a steering wheel to alter its direction. But this happens when the car is on the move, not when it is parked. Likewise, God cannot correct a person if they haven’t started on the simplest instruction they have been given. You will never read up all the books and get all the knowledge you want to start. Use whatever you have at the moment. God respects someone who is trying to do something for Him with the knowledge they have at the moment rather than that who is waiting to have it all worked out.

Ministry, leadership, business, work etc. is all learnt on job as we continue listening to God’s instruction. There is no one who starts at the top, everyone starts at the bottom and rises to perfection. There is only one activity that starts out at the top, that is digging a grave. We are being perfected every day, although we are already perfect in our spirits by the virtue of being born again.

Take baby steps to move in the direction God wants for you to take. Like Kenneth Hagin said, God loves you so much that He cannot instruct you to do something He has not equipped us to for, that would make him an unjust God!

EK

 

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