Perfect and Flawless

 DEVOTION

2^ND SAMUEL

PERFECT AND FLAWLESS

2 Sam 22:31-37

31 "As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him. 32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? 33 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You give me your shield of victory; you stoop down to make me great. 37 You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.

NIV

What else can we say other than, Amen! His ways are so perfect, so flawless, we wonder why we struggle so much to walk with Him, to follow His perfect and flawless ways. Who else can we base our lives upon except the Rock, for all other ground is sinking sand? Without God, we are but weaklings, even unable to stand, but it is He who arms us with strength and makes our ways perfect. There is absolutely no way we could make our own ways perfect, even with all our efforts, because they would be feeble at best. No matter how holy we try to be, or do religious things, even thinking they are spiritual, we are so far from perfect ways. But He makes our ways perfect; it is He who does it all. He is the one and only one who makes our feet like the feet of the deer. He enables us to run the race, to be able to climb to heights we would never be able to do alone. Without the Lord, we would never be able to fight against the forces of evil, to bend that bow of bronze, yet we can stand behind the Lord, for He is our shield. It is almost too much to consider that the Lord stoops down to make us great. How much he cares for us, to stoop down, yet that is what Jesus did as He came down to earth in the form He made us, stooping down to fight and win the battle over sin and death, winning the victory for us. Our path was the one that led to defeat and death, but because of Jesus, we now walk on a broad path beneath our feet, running like a deer toward Him, and we do not turn our ankles or stumble because He is beneath us, the Rock, who arms us with strength, who leads us in perfect ways. We can stand running the race because of Him. It is nothing about us, or our strength, abilities, or talents, but everything  is about Him, for He is perfect and flawless.