Made Perfect

 DEVOTION

TO HEBREWS

MADE PERFECT

Heb 11:39-40

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. 40 God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

NIV

Although we pondered on that list of men who lived by faith, just as we live by faith, they died without seeing the promise. The promise was and is Jesus Christ. There is no other promise that makes men perfect. We know that because we are in Christ, God sees us as holy and blameless, which is as close to perfect as we will get in this flesh. But pure perfection is in our resurrection. There is no question we still live in a corruptible form and because of its weakness, we fail to be perfect human beings. No matter how hard we try, or how determined we are to live without sin, we simply are not able to attain our goal, for we fail, and we fall short of the mark that we set for ourselves. Maybe that is the problem, we are trying to set our goal of not failing short. Maybe we are trusting in our flesh rather than trusting in Jesus. Do we think that God is mad at us when we fail at perfection and do something sinful, have a sinful thought or attitude, or say something that would be sinful? God knows our heart and our desire to live to please him, but at the same time God knows we are human and at the present in this corruptible and perishable condition, for he formed us with his own hands. His love supersedes everything. His love for us was shown at the cross at Calvary. Jesus is His perfect love for us. Even when we fail, Jesus is there always making the perfect intercession for us.  Let us not ever forget we at in Christ and He is in us, even when we fail. He will never leave us, not forsake us, he will always be loving us. However, the day is coming when we are going to exchange all that we are now for a perfect form that is truly holy and blameless, without corruption, without every perishing, becoming an eternal being living in the eternal presence of our Lord. This is the better plan for us. This is the day we all who live by faith will be made absolutely perfect. The day of our resurrection will soon be at hand and in that moment, we raise up we will be made perfect.