Perfectly Imperfect Together

When we surrender our hearts and lives in wholehearted devotion to Jesus, we are clothed with His righteousness. We are cleansed from all sin and clothed with His salvation. What Solomon prayed for so passionately came forth through Jesus even more passionately. He did it all for each and every one of us and His love for us held Him on the cross. Today, He invites each and every one of us to join Him in His presence and experience Him fully, now and for all eternity.

Jesus sees from the top down and all around. He has been in every tomorrow and He wants the very best for our lives - He wants the eternal best for our lives. He is the only sure thing we have in life - now and forever. There’s no better one to trust than the One who created us, loves us beyond comprehension, and came to this earth to die so we could be present with Him - now and for all eternity. We have to be intentional every day to choose to fall more and more in love with Jesus. He is worth it all. 

We are called to join together in one voice in unity and praise before the Lord. Jesus said in His final recorded prayer before heading to the cross for us, that the world will know we are His by our love and unity. When we join together in unity, with one voice, in praise to the Lord, we get to experience His magnificent glory - together.

God is looking for wholehearted, radical devotion to Him. Solomon exhibited this kind of devotion in the building of the Temple, the place of worship and repentance from sin before our Lord God Almighty. He shows us what enthusiastic devotion looks like in and through the lives Jesus has given us in this temporary world.

Jesus came and died and rose from that grave, defeating sin and death wholly and completely for us to have the option to run into His presence with no reservations. It’s up to us to choose to passionately run to Him and His presence every single day. The veil has been torn, and the door is wide open inviting us to Him. 

153,600 men worked together to build the Temple for worship to the Lord. Jesus, in John 21:11 enlisted the disciples to build His church - the body of Christ followers who worship the Lord together. The disciples caught 153 fish that day signifying their mission of building God’s family in united worship to God. 153 in the Hebrew language is the numeric total of “I am God.” Numbers are significant in God’s Word, and He writes each number with intentional purpose.

In every situation, we need to pause and ask the Lord for His wisdom. When we call on the Lord, He will answer and lead us. The Lord created us for victory, and He wants us to be victorious in and through Him. He wants us to walk in the victory that He died for us to receive. It’s a daily choice. 

(Daniel 3)

We have to decide now that we will stand in faith in Jesus - regardless of anything or anyone - like Daniel and his friends did. They show us what even if, radical, no matter what faith looks like and they give us the best example to follow on how to stand firm without wavering knowing that Jesus saves - always and forever. He is the only sure thing we have in life, and He is always with us and always will be if we are willing to trust in Him - always - no matter what.

God is seeking dedicated, wholehearted people - not cookie-cutter, carbon-copy cultural Christians. Friendship with the world is enmity with God and to love the world and trust it is to lose the love of the Father. WE are to be living sacrifices for the Lord, distinctive people whose lives and witness point to Christ and shine like lights in the darkness.

Because the Lord wants us to flourish and become our very best in Him, He tells us to put to death anything that could or would defile our temples. Things like sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed, and gossip are a few examples. Those things will not help us in any way, and they most certainly will harm us in every way.