Sports uses cards, errors, flags, fouls and misconducts to magnify mistakes made by participants. The world isn’t as kind calling individuals frauds, hypocrites and losers when actions, behavior or words don’t live up to their expectations. While the 2006 film The Ultimate Gift illuminated several gifts that people take for granted daily, one is missing from their list. Perhaps the greatest of all is the gift of imperfection.
Although Jesus’ goal is to strive for perfection, Matthew 5:48, to obtain this is impossible. Romans 3:9-12 breaks the bad news to mankind as everyone who has attempted this feat has failed at some point in their quest. Since sin was conceived in the Garden of Eden, a generation of misfits have come up short, unable to please God, Romans 3:23. Like a mad scientist going back to the drawing board, the sinful nature has foiled any hope of earning salvation on your own, Romans 6:23, requiring plan Z.
At the end of the road, hanging by a cross, Jesus has come to our rescue, Colossians 2:13-15. Despite my intentions on wanting to control my own destiny, Jesus holds the keys to the kingdom, Matthew 16:19. Therefore, I need to grasp the secret the apostle Paul discovered during an illness, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10. The gift of imperfection forces souls to place their entire trust in the hands of an unseen God. The weaker one is, 1 Timothy 1:16, the stronger the Holy Spirit can become. May you experience this special gift, securing your reservations for eternity, 1 John 5:13, by letting go through faith.
Feel free to comment or share a time when you were weak, but Christ was strong!
by Jay Mankus
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