Be Perfect!
Jesus shoots us straight; He does not mince words when He tells us what we are to do, who we are to be, what He commands, and that is: BE PERFECT!
When YHVH completed the work of creating the heavens and the earth, when He had seen all He had done was good – tov: functioning according to His Perfect Divine Design to fulfill His Perfect Intended purpose, that all He created had reached its full maturity and needed nothing more to be complete – He implied its perfection by stating it is “finished.”
In Greek the word is “teleo” and it is what the Biblical writers translate were Yeshua’s final words on The Cross. In Hebrew teleo corresponds to the first mention of this word in scripture when YHVH creates all that exists on the earth just before he creates, us, male/female. When He states all was “finished” = kalah, God is stating that all is complete, needing nothing more, mature, perfect.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, along with everything in them.
Genesis 2:1
The idea of perfection in YHVH’s world is not what our finite and fallible world understands. It is about needing nothing more. It is about the finished work of the Cross. It is about having fulfilled His purposes through His created beings (us) who are designed to have an eternal life with Him if we accept, He is the very breath we inhale and exhale – YHVH. While most of us will transition to our eternal home not having reached God’s intended Divine Design due to our resistance to Him, our hardness of heart, this is His plan, His will for everyone who claims YHVH as Lord and Savior.
In the final pages of “Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis writes in a manner that speaks to my “drill sergeant” disposition so as you read his words, do so with vigor in mind. Hear his words with passion in the voice. Speak his words aloud using your stomach muscles to exclaim their truth for you as a Child of the Most High God, King of Kings, Ruler of All, Creator of Heaven and Earth and all that exists of the seen and unseen. Lewis writes:
“We never wanted, and never asked to be made into the sort of creatures He is going to make us into. But the question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us. He is the inventor, we are only the machine. He is the painter, we are only the picture….We may be content to remain what we call ‘ordinary people,’ but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan. To shrink back from the plan is not humility: it is laziness and cowardice. To submit to it is not conceit or megalomania; it is obedience….”
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house….You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage; but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
“The command ‘Be ye perfect’ is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command…..The process will be long and in parts very painful, but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said.”
And I am sure of this: that the One who began a good work among you will keep it growing until it is completed on the Day of the Messiah Yeshua.
Philippians 1:6
On the off chance you do not claim Yeshua, Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Saviour, if you are still on the fence about the existence of God and/or if you are still not sure if Adonia Eloheinu Yeshua HaMashiach, is the One True and Only God To Whom you should submit your life, may this be the day that mustard seed of faith blossoms inside you so the bloom of His Light and His Life can grow. Reach out if you are at this point in your journey and you would like to talk. I’d relish serving you on your spirit quest. Shalom
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Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell
Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell is an Author, Speaker, Coach of Wealth & Happiness with a mission to bring research, wisdom, and authenticity to others via “The Happiness Formula.”