“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48
I ran into this passage again today, this time in C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. Lewis, as he is inclined to do, takes it in an interesting direction with a parable. Suppose, he writes, I am living in a house and God comes to visit and help me do some work around the house. I may have in mind what needs to be done around the house — fix this and that, some new paint here and there, plant a few things outside. God, however, has different plans. He starts knocking down walls, adding on rooms or floors, adding gardens and courtyards. Once I invite God in, He plans on living here. As Lewis puts it:
“You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come live in it himself. The command “be ye perfect” is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command.”
I guess I best go find me a hammer.
It occurs to me... 