True Christianity: Imperfect People Striving for Perfection

Responding to our sinfulness

When you encounter something that’s broken, you can choose one of two responses. You can set about trying to find a solution, or you can convince yourself that the brokenness is an improvement and that it actually works better that way. Generally, the world tends to take the latter approach—it’s easier and means nothing has to change besides some people’s opinions. 

We live in a broken world filled with broken people—broken by our own sins, our own rejection of God’s perfect way of life. Every time it gets worse, the world seems to throw a party and say that the new brokenness is an improvement, the way it should have been from the beginning. Meanwhile, God is working with the broken people who are willing to admit that they’re broken—who recognize that their brokenness needs to be fixed, not celebrated as the new normal. 

And that’s what a true Christian looks like: a faithful servant of God on a lifelong mission to work with God and repair what’s broken and sinful in his or her own life. A Christian’s life isn’t flawless or free of mistakes. It’s not some shining alabaster monument to perfection; in fact, there are moments when it’s little more than an ugly, gritty mess in the process of being transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit into something special.