For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. James 3:2


For the last couple of years I have been learning how hard it is to be a Christian. At first I thought that once I had risen from the water that all would be changed. Yes I was changed from sinner to saved, but my sins continued. I have made many mistakes over the years. In every way I have attempted to live perfect in God's eyes, but I have fallen short so many times.


There are times when the mistakes seem so obvious but I end up entrapped by evil. Its like you tell yourself that you're going to stumble and inevitably it happens. Its like when you are in a relationship with someone, you know that they don't like something, but invariably you make the mistake of crossing that border and destroying a lovely thing.


Once you have made a mistake it becomes hard to undo it, even to change your mindset about not doing that thing. The devil always seems to be just gunning for you to make that mistake. Its like when you are at a football match, you are waiting for the other team to make a mistake so that your team can win. Its a sad situation.


God expects us to be perfect, but have we understood what perfection is? There is no easy way to say this, but I believe the church has failed in the teaching of this concept. Look around, what examples of perfection do you have to look upon. So many around us have fallen short of the mark. In fact, Jesus is the only one I can look to for perfection. Isn't that sad? What does this mean? Does it mean that the majority of us in the church are yet to even comprehend that perfection should be our goal.


How many times have we told ourselves that our mistake is okay because we can ask God for forgiveness. Is God blind? Do we think that he cannot read our hearts and know that we are about to make that fatal error in judgment. I have come to the realization that I need to understand what perfection requires of me, instead of covering up for my mistakes. There is a limit to our sins, there is a point of no return. If we can recognize what perfection requires, then we can start to live life in the way that God expects us to.