The word perfect has two meanings: to bring to an end, and to make mature. God brings to an end every phase, every detail of His plan for me, whether painful or pleasurable. He tailors His plan to me; it fits me like a glove. He knows so thoroughly and plans for me so carefully that no one in the universe can improve upon it. When each stage is completed, He blows the whistle and brings it to a halt. The time is up; that stage is done, complete, perfect.
The Christian life, properly lived, is perfectionism of a sort. David alluded to that when he said, “As for God, his way is perfect” (Psalm 18:30, KJV). Then he followed that statement with its necessary corollary, “[He] maketh my way perfect” (v. 32, KJV, italics added). God Himself is perfect, both in Himself and in all that He does, and perfection has relevance to me; He is perfect not only for His sake, but for mine. The plan He has in mind for me is absolutely perfect, both for Himself and for me. The way He executes the plan and its many details also has the stamp of perfection upon it. The result is perfection in heaven, perfection on earth.
Because God is in charge of my life and because He is the Master Architect, I must not fix my attention on things, circumstances, people, or events. Those are only passing elements in the drama of my life. In a certain sense, they are really illusions, not realities, and therefore they make a poor foundation for faith. Only God is my “constant,” my abiding One, as the Bible stresses, and all else is “for a season.” The Bible overcomer is tied to God the rock, undisturbed by the passing stream, and he knows that every time God touches him it is for perfection.
“He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm” (Psalm 40:2).
Daily with the King 