We Don’t Have to Be Perfect

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jul 2, 2021 · 3m

I’m fifty-four years old, and one thing I wish I’d known about God when I was a teenager is that He doesn’t expect us to be perfect. As a teen, I attempted over and over again to do what God said in the Bible. But no matter how hard I tried, I kept failing. I knew God loved me, but I felt so bad when I sinned or made mistakes. I felt like I was disappointing Him. When I read Matthew 5:48, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect, I didn’t see how I could live up to that seemingly impossible standard. The truth was, I couldn’t. And God didn’t expect me to. Looking at the…