Life is not simple. But it gets a whole lot better when we all give up the notion of a perfect world. Sometimes life doesn’t make sense. Why do bad things happen to good people? I challenge the question: Who says we’re good? Why do good things happen to bad people. So, no easy answers. Even the authors of Scripture struggled with these questions. That’s why we need wisdom in a broken, imperfect world. We can’t answer every question and solve every puzzle, but we can trust God... Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes (7:18). Do you know that a predominant extreme is “perfectionism” (see verse 20)?
KEY TALKING POINTS Perfectionism creates unhelpful expectations about what life should be. Perfectionism is suffocating in two ways: legalism and antinomianism. Perfectionism will convince you that you are not enough. Perfectionism will bully you into self-rejection. Perfectionism is obsessed by what people think. Perfectionism prevents you from being in the moment. Perfectionism will ruin your relationships. Perfectionism keeps you from becoming the best version of you.
