PERFECTION: NOT
OPTIONAL
Memorise: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which
is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
Read: Genesis 17:1-7, 17 And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, theLord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will
multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,
saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou
shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy
name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and
thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Bible in one year: Joshua 8:30-10:28, Job 35:9-36:4
During the January 2015 Ministers’ Thanksgiving, the Lord
asked me to make our ministers examine themselves and be sure that they were
100% perfect. After the meeting, one of my children said that some ministers
were asking whether it was possible to be 100% perfect. What such brethren
don’t know is that the demand for perfection has been from the Old Testament.
Another thing they don’t know is that perfection is not an optional virtue.
This perfection is available if we can believe God for it
and surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In Christ, there is never an end
to spiritual growth because He is infinite. Hence, we must be ready to go
further and further with God until we come to the level of His perfection when
we do not see ourselves any longer but it becomes all about Him. If we don’t
align ourselves to this requirement, we will never be carriers of His glory.
Perfection is the premise upon which the rest of our walk with God will be
assessed. The moment we begin this walk of perfection, we begin to attract
divine presence and easily draw God’s glory daily.
Perfection makes you a threat to the kingdom of darkness.
Right from my early days as General Overseer, I had learnt the secret of my
victory through the authority of His Name and a walk of perfection. You just
notice that you become a carrier of His presence, and at
the mere sight of your person, demons begin to flee because
of the presence of God overshadowing you. The reason many Christians have not
fully benefited from the Lord is because they are not prepared to make the
sacrifice of walking in perfection. They see it as unrealistic. They easily
rationalise it as an impossible feat. Hence, the Devil uses this ignorance to
deny them their rightful place in God’s program. God should be able to predict
your actions. Perfection earns you a trust in God. There is a need to change
your mindset so that the blessings of God concerning your life will not be hampered.
There is an aspect of you not yet discovered because you are
still far from God. The devil is aware of what havoc you will cause to his
domain the moment you make up your mind to walk in perfection. God wants to do
some things in your life that will cause the ears of people around you to
tingle, but you must be ready to walk before God in purity and perfection. If
it was impossible for Abraham to walk perfectly before God, God wouldn’t have
made such a demand, moreover, the demand was for his good, and this is why you
need to understand that walking before the Lord in perfection makes God
committed to make you exceedingly great.
Prayer Point
Father, please grant me the grace to walk perfectly before
you
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