Morning Prayer, Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - WORD(S) OF THE DAY: DEFINING PERFECTION
Father God, when I am expecting others to be perfect, show me a mirror of myself. Amen
“[20] There’s not one totally good person on earth, not one who is truly pure and sinless.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20 MSG).
“I hope you do not let anyone’s expectation of perfection direct the course of your life.” You know, after listening to a conversation about perfect people it hit me that sometimes, we have higher expectations of people, than God does. When people do not live up to our expectations, we get angry and frustrated with them. Listen, no one of us is a perfect being. We try to live our best life according to God’s Word. Sometimes we fall way short. Sometimes we stumble and trip our way through. God forgives us when we come to Him with a repentant heart. Why, because He loves us and He knows that we are and never will be perfect beings. Trying to always be perfect can be detrimental to our well-being. It can also cause us to emotionally and even spiritually break others. A young man broke off his relationship with his fiancé because she didn’t tell him the full truth about her painful past of being raped. When asked why he broke off the relationship, he said these words, “I wanted her to be perfect in the way I defined perfect.” It took her some time, but she finally was able to move on from the brokenness it left in her. A few years later, he realized his mistake. He tried to go back but she was already engaged to be married. Another man was able to see her worth even with her past. The first man never prayed for God to give him clarity. He assumed. He expected. He decided. It cost him. “If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.”
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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16