Do Not Let The Perfect Become The Enemy Of The Good

There is a common saying that says do not let the perfect become the enemy of the good. If he could, Satan would have us never think about improving ourselves, but if that's not possible, a tactic that is almost as effective is to get us to think about improving too much at once. If you're trying to lose ten pounds, why not make it fifty, or a hundred? I mean, are you really going to be perfect and happy while you have even 1% body fat? If you're trying to not lose your temper with your children so much, why not just never get angry about anything ever again? And if you do get angry one more time, for any reason, then you might as well give up on the idea of change or improvement. If you can't be perfect right now forever, then there's no point in trying. When Christ was on the Earth, He did not let perfect become the enemy of the good. He did small acts of improvement for those who were right in front of Him, each and every day. He didn't make sweeping changes to the economic or political systems. He didn't topple corrupt governments, or get the unemployment rate down to zero percent. When He saw a sinner, He didn't cast the first stone, but He picked them up off the dirt and invited them to sin no more. We know of thousands of people that He helped in some small way or another, but there were still millions of people that He did not help personally while He was on the Earth, and even those for whom He personally performed miracles, it's not like their whole lives were improved immediately and forever afterwards. If we are to be perfect like Jesus was perfect during His earthly ministry, then we must do the one small task in front of us right now that will make the world a tiny bit better than it was.