The Call

2 Peter 1:3-9
His divine power has given us all we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if we possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

When I read this this morning I had to write it out to you. There is so much promise in these verse.

• His divine power lives in us
• We live in life and godliness ( done deal)
• We have the necessary knowledge of him in us.
• He called us through the glory and goodness He placed in us.
• Through these promises we escape the decay of the world
• Through these promises we experience His divine nature

We simply apply what lives in us: faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love. These characteristics are not from our natural self, they are from the Spirit of God that lives in us as He expresses Himself through us when we surrender. So this is not a work of our own but a work of God living in us. (my book Teach Me, Lord explains this in detail.)

In other words, responding to the changes He makes inside our soul and spirit causes us to walk in these characteristics which leaves a wake behind of effective productive living.

I write this to all of you today to help you, children of God, understand that your past is over, your sins are forgiven and you are effective and productive simply because He lives in you. If you feel this is not true for you, then as verse nine says, you have forgotten that God has cleansed you of your past and forgiven your sin.

Enjoy, walk in freedom and leave a good wake behind you.