When is “good enough” good enough?

“God loves me just as I am, that’s good enough!”

No it isn’t.

God has no intention of settling for who you are right now.

It’s not “good enough.”

Before we go on, let’s clarify one thing: the fact that where you’re at right now isn’t good enough for God to settle for has nothing to do with His complete and perfect love for you.

God loved you before He made you, and making you was a supreme expression of His love for you. God loves you in your most pious moments, as well as your most sinful. Being loved by God has nothing to do with being “good” or being “good enough.”

God simply, utterly, completely loves you.

But He has no intention of settling for the you that you are today. God loving you doesn’t let you off the hook for becoming the you He has called you to be. God has His own objective for you, and that is for you to become like Jesus Christ. And until you do, God desires to work on transforming you, bit by bit, day by day, until you are like Christ.

“And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand,” Isaiah 64:8.

So unless you’re like Jesus Christ right now, then no, you’re not “good enough.”

But God has a plan for that …

“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God,” Ephesians 4:1.

“Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ,” Ephesians 4:11-13.

“Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy,” Ephesians 4:21-23.

“Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did,” 1 John 2:6.

“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ,” Ephesians 5:1-2a.

“For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps,” 1 Peter 2:21.

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