God's Perfection

Read Philippians 3:17-21

Context: Paul has been talking about how all his earthly accomplishments are rubbish compared to the greatness of following Christ. He mentioned how he is pressing forward toward the goal of Heaven.

Text:
17Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. 18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (NIV)

taken from www.biblegateway.com

Americans have serious problems with body image. Our society tells us that women should be tall and thin in most places, and men should be tall and broad-shouldered with 6-pack abs. Both must be wrinkle free, with no gray hair. Some people meet these standards for a year or two, but most never will. Billions of dollars are spent each year on diets, exercise clubs, makeup, plastic surgery, and haircolor so that we can pretend that we meet these unreal standards. Millions more are spent on camoflaging clothing so we can hide what we think isn't perfect.

God promises that one day we will all have perfect bodies -- bodies exactly like his! No more painful procedures, no more starvation diets, no more sweaty exercises. We don't have a clue what 'perfect' means to God, but I bet it doesn't involve size 6 clothing! In the blink of an eye our imperfect bodies will be transformed into all we were created to be.

I think I'll celebrate this truth with a donut :o)