Good Enough?

Take a moment and reflect, first on the world as a whole, then your community, then your affiliations in the community, then your home and lastly within yourself. As you reflect, think specifically about the main points or things you notice about each area, where your mind gravitates to the most. Church sermons tend to be a great point of reflection for me, both in the moment and throughout the week. This week a topic that I think we all struggle with immensely as individuals and as a whole population was addressed and that is the standard of good. What is good enough? Furthermore, what is "good enough" in a world that automatically sets the standard to perfect and instills that anything less than is an automatic fail? I find it quite ironic that this world sets a standard of "perfection" for everything, and yet the same world murdered the only man who was, has been and ever will be perfect. I think that all of us struggle with this unattainable standard in one way or another, whether it be the work place, our own goals or aspirations, parenthood etc. Since having my two children I have found myself struggling with it more and more, wanting to be that Pinterest perfect mom, having it together all the time, not losing myself while also being everything for tiny humans. Constantly striving for all these versions of perfection truly leads a person to insanity. As I have thought this over this week it occurred to me that perhaps one of the enemies greatest tactics to accomplish his goals is the false identity of perfection. If he can get us to chase an unattainable standard of perfection then he gets our focus and attention off of the only one who is perfect which in the grand scheme of things is his whole goal seeing as how distance from Jesus inevitably leads to sin. Carrying the burden of chasing perfection is exhausting, what freedom Jesus offers through not only letting us, no asking us to lay our burdens on him. The fact is no one is perfect and I know that sounds cleshay but it makes it no less true. No human other then Jesus Christ will ever be perfect, and constantly striving to be is not only hurting us all physically and mentally but also physically. We were made for relationship and reliance with and on our creator. That feeling of freedom and recognition we are all chasing that we think comes at the end of "perfection" truly comes from submission to and relationship with Jesus Christ. What a world it would be if we all just stopped fighting and started embracing surrender and submission and true freedom. What areas of your life are you chasing perfection? Jesus already knows but he's patiently waiting to be invited into those areas and be the perfect you can never achieve. Let him in, let him fill in the gaps and holes and stop trying to stay afloat above the pressure yourself. Will you decide today that your done believing the enemies lie of perfection and run to Jesus instead?