Be perfect as your heavenly Father

In Mark 10:18. Jesus says, "Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. "Jesus shows clearly in this passage that only God is perfect. Yet he still invites us to be perfect as our heavenly Father.
With this invitation, the sermon on the mount reaches its hardest part, but its most beautiful demand. Being perfect as the heavenly Father means learning each day to be like Jesus, the Son of the Father and to correspond to God's plan for humanity.
In the New Testament, the Greek word 'perfect' means complete, whole, or fully developed, having reached an end-goal. Jesus Christ invites us to strive for that kind of perfection, which demands daily repentance, prayer, and love for our enemies. We are truly Christians if we love as God loves, without discrimination. Only God himself can help us reach such dimension of love.
Holy Spirit come to my help. May I find mercy on your sight just as Ahab did. Lord, have mercy!

Fr. Georges R. Bidzogo sac