Matchless God,
You are the only being who makes no mistakes and never miscalculates. And yet, when I make mistake and miscalculate I wear myself out, beating myself up, and am angry for my imperfection.
Sometimes I forget that you are God and I am not. I seek perfection to convince myself all is right with the broken world, and also to please you, forgetting you rejoice over me with singing. (Zeph 3:17)
This search for perfection in unattainable and yet I purse it as a desire to claim power over my own life. I prefer self-reliance over surrender to your will.
The fear that drives my desire for perfection will never defeat the power of your love, care, and faithfulness. You promise peace and a plan for my life and yet still I doubt, taking the reigns myself.
May I long for and desire - more than perfectionism - is to rest in your perfect care, your perfect love, your perfect plan, and your perfect will for my life.
Thank you, Father, for being the author and perfecter of my faith. (Hebrews 12:2) Because of your perfect work on the cross, I no longer need to seek perfection, beat myself up for my imperfection, and wear myself out trying to please you.
Give me intention and purpose, without the desire for perfection, so that I may trust in your, the only true matchless and perfect One.
Amen.
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