Perfect Hypocrites

Whoever said we were supposed to be perfect? Most Christians I come in contact with are total liars, both to themselves and to everyone else by living in a one reality and existing in another. After all, we have so much pressure from everybody to be perfect. We all act like it, but why? Remember in grade school, when the guest speakers would come and talk to us about not giving in to peer pressure? Well, that doesn’t apply just to sex and drugs. We have an unrealistic model set up for us and we spend most of our time trying to get up to par with it. That’s giving in to peer pressure, and guess what? It’s still bad, it’s still wrong, and we’re still doing it. Problem? I should think so. Am I saying that we shouldn't try to be perfect? Actually, yes, I am. Perfection is impossible, and living in hopes of achieving it is futile. Imagine spending your entire life trying to get something that you can never have. All of your efforts are completely worthless, and you should just give up. Blasphemy? Probably. The thing is, we could be doing so many incredible things if we weren't so hell-bent on being perfect. Since that's impossible, we've got two choices:

1. Keep trying, even though you know you're going to fail miserably and rightfully earn the hatred of everyone around you.

2. Spend your time and effort on something possible that can actually benefit someone.

No one can benefit from someone having the self-righteous, pretentious notion that you can be perfect and thus better than everyone else. If anything, it'll tear people down and just make them resent you. It's amazing how many people are living with choice number one, which I think to be one of the reasons people hate Christians. Honestly, I tend to agree with them.

Romans 12:2 says “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” If we think we should be living the way the world sees us, that’s conforming to their pattern. That’s living for men, not for God. And how can we effectively be models of Christ if we’re not acting like Him?

It's simple: we can't.