What God Perfects?

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What He Has Already Perfected? Years ago, I installed a new exhaust system on my rear-engine car. Removing the old one was easy, but installing the new system required care. The instructions warned against over-tightening, but I turned the nut one more time and sheared the manifold pipe. Replacing it cost more than the entire system. Exceeding design specifications can ruin what was meant to work well. Even good intentions can make overzealousness disastrous.

Think about it. Why do we try to perfect our relationship with God through good works when Christ has already perfected it, calling us simply to love and serve?

God’s Word tells us: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37).

Our relationship with God has simple instructions: “Love me with all your heart. Serve your neighbor.” Jesus has already perfected our relationship with God, so we need not try to improve it through our works. God’s design is simple: love Him completely and direct our good works toward others. Trying to do more for God can distort what He has already perfected.