Embracing the Journey: Willingness Over Perfection

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If the Readiness is present that means, if the willingness is there, if a person is willing, then God accepts you according to what you have and not what you don't have. So if a widow has only got two cents and she gives that two cents, it is like a millionaire giving his entire million dollars into the offering box because he gave everything. [00:02:00]

If the willingness is there, that means verse 12, if you're ready to obey God in your heart, then you are accepted according to what you're able to do and not what you're not able to do. Isn't that a great comfort? Please remember this verse always. [00:03:00]

We preach 100%, but if the willingness is there, that means verse 12, if you're ready to obey God in your heart, then you are accepted according to what you're able to do and not what you're not able to do. Isn't that a great comfort? Please remember this verse always. [00:03:00]

I say always aim for 100%. Don't aim for pass marks. In India, pass marks is 40%. I said, please don't aim for 40%. Aim for 100%. And then if you get 70, praise God. I'm happy. But don't aim for 70. Aim for 100%. Isn't that what we teach our children? [00:06:00]

To be like Christ means absolute perfection, not a single bad thought, word, deed, attitude, motive, nothing. See, there are five areas in which we sin. We sin in our actions, we sin in our words, we sin in our thoughts, that's all that people to think of. [00:08:40]

We press towards the mark, and when God sees our desire is that, he accepts according to what we have. That's what we read in 2 Corinthians 8. If the desire is there, then it is accepted according to what you have, and each of us have got a different level of ability. [00:09:42]

I want to press on to Perfection. I want to press on to get 100% in every subject. Verse 17, join in following my example, he says, because most people, he says in verse 18, are not walking like that. Most Christians are not walking like that, even in Paul's time. [00:16:12]

If you are eager to draw people to Christ, God will give you an opportunity also. But if you're not eager to draw people to Christ, then of course God won't give you. You know, God gives you according to your burden. I had a great burden as a young man when I was 23 years old. [00:33:36]

I had that burden for years and years and years in my heart. I saw it only 10 years later. 10 years later, I saw a church finally coming up in my house where people love one another. But it was like I carried in my heart for 10 years, just like a mother carries a baby in the womb for 9 months. [00:34:24]

If you walk more and more, we will see them, but you can see them only as you overcome more and more in your life. The more you overcome sin, God will allow you to see other things in your life which you have not seen till today. Do you believe that there are sins in your life which you don't even see? [00:36:31]

I learned that day to expect thanks from somebody is a sin. I stopped expecting thanks from that day. Did you know that expecting thanks from somebody is a sin? You probably never knew that till today. I'm giving you one example like that, things that you don't know that sin your life are there in your life. [00:39:34]

The best tourism is to follow Jesus. You'll discover so many areas in your life which you did not know were wrong, un-Christlike, and you'll discover areas where you can become more Christlike. It's a wonderful journey. I've been traveling this journey for a long time, and I've discovered amazing sites. [00:40:10]

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