3 Bible Nuggets for PerfectionistsSample

Nugget 3: No More Working for Love

Did you know that God loves you with an everlasting love? It's true. Even if you are not perfect yet, God loves you the same. And even if you mess things up sometimes, His love doesn't diminish.

In some situations, the drive for perfection is actually a quest for love.

But you know what? You don't have to perform in order to be loved. You don't have to work for love. God's love is not conditional; you don't have to be perfect in order to be loved. God your Father loved you even before He saved you.

As God's Word tells us in Romans 5:8:

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8 NKJV).

Jesus died for you before He ever saved you. He died for you while you were still the worst of sinners.

If you're a perfectionist, I encourage you to memorize that verse and meditate on it. Why? Because if God loved you enough to sacrifice His only Son for you while you were still an ungodly, vile sinner, He certainly loves you the same even now.

Friend, you weren't perfect when God started loving you, and you may not be perfect now. But you know what? That doesn't matter. Your Abba Father still loves you. He loves you because He sovereignly chose to love you, and nothing can take His love away from you.

You don't have to strive for love. You don't have to perform anymore.

God loves you completely, no matter where you are on your journey to Christlikeness. And if you will simply abide in Jesus and rest in Him—abiding daily in His love—you will find yourself secure in your true identity as a beloved child of God.

As you rest in Him, His Spirit will transform you into the mirror of His own perfection from the inside out.

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