"Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it." — Salvador Dali As we use social media to try to solve our heart's need for approval, identity, meaning, purpose, and significance, it causes all kinds of side effects that damage our hearts and diminish our lives. One of these side effects is perfectionism, the need to appear perfect on social media.
Fantastic article, Luke. I love you developed this so practically (the lists alone are gold!), and brought us right into the gospel. I have saved this to share with people I'm counseling. One thing I would add toward the end is pointers to the Inside of the Gospel - in addition to getting Jesus' record of perfection we also get to share in his being/nature, as a new creation in Him (on the spirit side of our being). I believe the deepest innerworkings of the gospel take place in us through a black and white changing of our being, rather than just legal pronouncements. So we actually get to be righteous and perfect already! That reality is just not yet fully revealed in the world of seen things till Christ himself is revealed. So glad I found you on Substack. I always look forward to your articles in my inbox. - Ethan
Fantastic article, Luke. I love you developed this so practically (the lists alone are gold!), and brought us right into the gospel. I have saved this to share with people I'm counseling. One thing I would add toward the end is pointers to the Inside of the Gospel - in addition to getting Jesus' record of perfection we also get to share in his being/nature, as a new creation in Him (on the spirit side of our being). I believe the deepest innerworkings of the gospel take place in us through a black and white changing of our being, rather than just legal pronouncements. So we actually get to be righteous and perfect already! That reality is just not yet fully revealed in the world of seen things till Christ himself is revealed. So glad I found you on Substack. I always look forward to your articles in my inbox. - Ethan