Perfection

Colossians 3:12-17


Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. ¹⁴ But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. ¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. ¹⁷ And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.


We are to be striving for perfection and the only way it can be accomplished, is by putting on the spirit of love.  When we truly love God and man as God asks us to do there's no amount of humility we won't go to, to please them both.  God has and is doing so much for us that love should be pouring from are beings.  He tells us in these verses on how to please Him, so the blessings and our inheritance can be received.  However, if we keep on looking at the things we can see, instead of the beautifully heavenly realm of spirits we can't see, satan will keep us in confusion.  He will have us angered, frustrated, busted and disgusted, all the while this keeps God from delivering us our blessings.  Why? Because God is not impressed by our lack of faith in Him.  As we want to be pleased God also wants to be pleased.  He says, without faith it is impossible to please Him.  The more faith we build in God, the more blessings we can receive.  We are brothers and sisters in God's eyes, and He determines our blessings on how we treat one another.  If peace is what we want and that is what God commands.  Then do as verse 15 says, " And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful."   But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.         


  (1 Corinthians 13:4-7,13)  "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; ⁶ does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."  And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.


Blessings to all who trust in the spirit of love,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.