We Are Wholly Given To Jesus!

"And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel." (Numbers 3: 9)

We know that God that Father has wholly given His Son for us and to us.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3: 16)

and

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 32)

"And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:" (Colossians 2: 10)

Did you know that you have been wholly given to Him, too?

"But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine." (Isaiah 43: 1)

Yet we are not presented to God as imperfect, but rather perfected in Christ:

"For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."(Hebrews 10: 14)

and then

"1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.  (1 John 3: 1)

Now, you and I may think that because of actions, past or present, or our thoughts, that we are not perfect, and that we have to do more so that we get perfected.

We start as winners and victors in Christ (Romans 8: 37) and then the Holy Spirit transforms us from glory to glory as we behold Jesus (2 Corinthians 3: 18)

We are made royal priests (1 Peter 2: 9) before God because we are in Christ, and His holiness transforms us as we grow in grace and knowledge of Him (2 Peter 3: 18)