Practice makes us righteous in experience.
Not just righteous, but just as righteous as Christ.
Really righteous.
Whoever practices patience is patient, just as patient as
Christ.
Think about it.
If I’m practicing patience, practicing waiting before I
speak, what is the difference between what I am doing and what a “patient
person” does? Patient people can wait,
and do wait. If I am waiting, then I can
wait, and I do wait, at least at that moment.
But what other moment do I have than right now?
Not only are these things true, but they can be fun!
I remember band practice and choir practice. What we did in practice, we did on
stage. It was fun on and off stage.
Or put it another way.
What if you went to school to learn something you enjoy, but
needed the degree or diploma or license for a job. And what if the professor said to everyone in
the class, “You all pass. You all have
an A. You will have your diploma at the
end of this course. Now simply enjoy
learning and applying what you are learning!
You're already A students!”?
That’s like what God did for us.
When Jesus died for our sins and rose for our justification,
we could become God’s children, if we accept what God did for us in
Christ. Now that I am a child of God,
already perfect in God’s eyes, I can simply practice perfection! Not to gain perfection, but to EXPRESS the
perfection that I am! Just for the fun
of it!
After all, I’m sure it’s fun being God!
Why shouldn’t it be fun to be like God?!?
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