Ain't Nobody Perfect

 Only God is perfect.

That's a fact. I could stop right here and have said all I needed to say. If you are looking for perfect, you can only look heavenward. If you look anywhere else, you're going to be disappointed.

But man, we try, don't we?

Looking in all the wrong places.

Studies say men are more visually oriented than women. Our search for perfection is lead by our eyes. We'll use the obvious example: Women. Satan's got this one figured out, guys. He knows how God wired us. He's constantly tempting us with the lie that perfection is over here, no, over there, no, just ahead . . .

If you try looking for the perfect body, perfect smile, perfect whatever in a woman, you're never going to find it. All you'll do is run in circles with your tongue hanging out like a dog. And that's what you are. If you're married and you're still out there chasing perfection with your eyes, you're a dog. No woman is more nearly perfect than your wife. God made her. God doesn't make junk.

Women, you're not off the hook either. Satan knows your emotions make you tick. He's constantly promising more connection, more empathy, more love than what you have now. He tells you this guy, or that man, is more loving, compassionate, and in to you than your husband. It's a lie. Your husband isn't perfect, but neither is anyone else around here. Anyone.

If you want perfect, look up.

Want to be satisfied? Want to know what perfect looks like? There's only been one perfect human being, and He was crucified on a cross 2,000 years ago. You want to see perfect, look to where He is. That's heaven, in case you didn't know.

We can't see heaven, but we surely can communicate with Him who has. Ironically, the best views of heaven come when our heads are bowed. We glimpse heaven when our faces are buried in God's word. We experience a taste of heaven when on our knees, talking to Him who is there.

You see, to look up, we often have to look down. Perfection isn't seen with our eyes, or felt with our emotions; heaven is touched with our souls. If we're too busy searching for perfection here, our souls starve for the true perfection we crave. Shut out this world, and perfection becomes much clearer.

God is perfect; His word is flawless.

Satisfy your desire for perfection in the only way you can. Seek God. Follow His ways.

Anything else is fool's gold.