Read 2 Corinthians 10-13
2 Corinthians 13:11 says, "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you." Paul says be perfect. Maybe he thought he could be, but I’m guessing it was probably as laughable to the Corinthians as it is to us now. The other things on his list are at least doable. Surely he wouldn’t want them insisting they were perfect when they weren’t, just so they could believe they were in compliance!
It’s a good thing to strive for, anyway. The only problem is, once you conquer one bad habit or once you get one sin under submission, you see how many bad habits you still have to go or how many sins still stand in the way. It’s discouraging.
But we can’t let ourselves stay discouraged. We can taken a deep breath and look again to our heavenly Father to guide us to the next path. He can remove sin, He can strengthen us to break bad habits, He can help us get one step closer to perfection, one step closer to being more like Jesus.
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