1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Solomon continues his address to the people at the dedication of the temple: “Let your heart be perfect with God.” Now that you know where God is and how to approach Him you have no reason to not be perfect with the Lord. You know what sacrifices to make, you know the ritual rules, you know the Moral Law of God, and you know how to receive forgiveness and cleansing. Now do it.
No one is perfect and no man can become perfect with the Lord. But God still demands and expects perfection from human beings: “Be ye perfect; you shall be holy.” Since the Lord will not relax the standard, He Himself had to enter human history and do something about it. Therefore, the Son of God was sent as a human to forgive our sins and declare us righteous through His life, death, and resurrection.
We know where God is and we know how to approach Him. We come before the Lord holy, righteous, and perfect through the blood of Jesus Christ, by faith in His sacrifice for us. By faith we are perfect with the Lord. We maintain that position by daily repentance and renewal of faith. After we receive God’s perfection through the Gospel we live from there, and walk and keep. Go to church, pray daily, maintain the faith, and life is better.