Some thirteen years after the birth
of Ishmael, God appeared to Abraham. He was then, ninety-nine years of age. Yahwah
renewed His covenant with Abraham and it is at this time that God first tells
Abraham that he will father a son from Sarah, and that the child shall be the
son of promise. The encouragement the Lord gives this faithful man, is to
continue in his walk of uprightness and sincere faith. The concept of ‘walking before God’, means to walk in
faith and dependence upon Him, in obedience to His laws and in awe and respect
for His authority in our lives. The command to be ‘perfect’ is indicative of God’s desire for us to be complete and
mature in His sight. The text does not imply an ‘absolute perfection’ - that belongs
only to God, but a relative perfection, one which is within our grasp, through
our communion with the Lord and knowledge of His Holy Word. God calls His
people to a life of holiness and separation, a positive and consecrated life,
which has as its goal the highest, most perfect ideals and purposes for which
man can possibly live! When we choose to live on any other plane, we are living
on a lower scale, and are not fulfilling the design for which we were created.
Unless we strive for the perfection for which we were conceived and fashioned by
God, we are selling ourselves and our Creator short of the mark. The excellence
God has always had in mind for us, is not some unrealistic, unattainable,
illusionary ideal. It is a tangible, sentient and joyful accomplishment, for
which purpose God not only saves us, but also empowers us, that we may reach
it. Perfection then, far from being too high a calling, is an actuality and a
necessity of the believer’s life, and the evidence that he is walking with the
Almighty!
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