From The Word – Page 2 – Seek to Understand

11/29/23 | Journal Thoughts

I struggle with perfectionism and today was the day I finally admitted it to myself.

I spent 5 hours record and rerecording an Instagram reel because it was not good enough.

The whole entire time, I kept thinking about how it would be perceived by others lead me to critique every little thing about it.

Finally, when I went to post it, my network crashed and the entire video got deleted.

I decided well maybe it sucked so bad, that instagram had to puke it out of its mouth.

Immediately, the Holy Spirit brought me back to a phrase I heard in a sermon on YouTube:

“Perfectionism is rooted in the Fear of Man while Excellency is rooted in the Fear of God.”

Ouch… well, when you really think about it… that’s not wrong

Perfectionism is about the fear of failure, while striving for excellency is the urge for success.

And in success there is failure. It’s part of the process that we have to accept in order to grow in whatever it is we are doing or in who we are becoming.

I was so caught up in the audience that I thought my content was for that I forgot the one that I glory for… Jesus

God does not want us operating from a place of fear but of power, of love, and of a sound mind.

In Colossians 3:23 He says:

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

In the end God will not say “Well Perfect, my Good and Faithful servant” He will say “Well Done….”

“And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.”

Matthew 17:20

Many people know mustard seeds for how small they are and how big they grow when planted, but probably didn’t know that mustard seeds are considered weeds

When a mustard seed grows it spreads so wide and chokes up other plants in its way.

If you were to plant it in your beautiful garden today, it would take over the entire garden, making no space for any other plant.

They were even rabbinic laws outlawing growing mustard seeds because of how much it would spread and overtake crops.

So, it was almost scandalous for Jesus to say that we should have faith the size of the mustard seed.

Jesus wants his followers to have faith of a mustard seed that grows over time and overtakes the obstacles in its paths. He wants us to have faith that will overtake people, places, cities, and nations for his name’s sake.

He wants His Royal Priesthood of believers to be conquers just like the mustard seed

He wants us to spread throughout the entire earth

proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.

Your faith does not have to be big
Your devotion does not have to be perfect
Your love only needs to be true

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