GOD MAKES US PERFECT!
There are many DISHONEST
PEOPLE in this world=
In fact=the parable today
Is about a dishonest steward
SCHOLARS believe the dishonest
Steward committed USURY
Against his neighbors
And REPENTED only when
His master found out
Isn't that the way it is=sometimes
With us too=GETTING CAUGHT
By God=by Jesus
Can motivate us=to really CHANGE OUR WAYS
God can=Jesus does and can
Make us PERFECT
They are the
ONLY perfect ones
“And the master commended
The DISHONEST STEWARD
For acting prudently” Luke 16:8
“He said to them=
'You are the ones
Who justify yourselves
In the eyes
Of others
But GOD KNOWS
Your hearts
What people value highly
Is detestable
In God's sight” Luke 16:15
Sometimes it takes
Being CAUGHT
In some kind of wrongdoing
For us to
Really change our ways
But God can TOUCH US=
Jesus can touch us
To really CHANGE OUR HEARTS
When we CHANGE
And try to become Like God=
Though we don't
Really ever reach it
God makes us=Jesus makes
Us PERFECT=In heart=and mind
And soul
Though we have to
CONFESS our sins=and wrongdoing
To God first
“As for God
His way is PERFECT
The Lord's way
Is flawless
He shields all
Who take refuge
In him” Psalm 18:30
“You will keep
IN PERFECT PEACE
Those whose minds
Are steadfast
Because they trust in you” Isaiah 26:3
When we are sorry=CONTRITION
Often starts out half-hearted
Sometimes our heart is ready=
But our minds are NOT=
Sometimes we become AWARE
Only when we think
About the consequences
But God=in his MERCY-
SMILES on us=
His ways are PERFECT
And he has
HIS WAY with us
“Every good and PERFECT GIFT
Is from above
Coming down from the Father
Of the heavenly lights
Who does not change
Like shifting shadows” James 1:17
When we ADOPT God's WAYS
We become PERFECT too=
GOD'S WAYS make us perfect
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER PERFECT FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
11-7-19 and 5-20-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy
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