imperfection in the proces
The tenstion between seeking righteousness and the grace in the imperfection
3 things for your own life as a leader when you feel imperfect or incompetent
1. Peter’s heart was right
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
2. The Holy Spirit is in you
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!
The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
3. The goal is not perfection, The goal is maturity
sus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Paul knows that his passionate intention to know Christ does not in itself make him perfect. His decision to consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ was only the beginning of a daily discipline to press on toward the goal. The authenticity of faith in Christ cannot be measured only by the intensity of one’s initial decision to receive Christ. Receiving Christ is a lifetime adventure.