On formulas and receipes or at least ingredients
Got a little out of order but had to go back to II Peter 1. Don't know if there are 2 verses in the Bible packed with more truth and promise than verses 2 and 3.
Granted everything for life and godliness. Much like Ephesians 1:3-14 only succinct.
Polishing a message on Journey One I can't get by the salutation.
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
The centrality of the cross makes us equal. The readers faith is the same as the writers because they "received" it. Didn't earn it but it was the gift of the a Crazy God who decided to become "righteousness" for us. The ground at the foot of the Cross is truly level.
To claim anything in regards to righteousness is to steal from our father in heaven. It is he who became righteousness for us. To cling to anything but humility is to injure my Redeemer and Friend.
Sitting by the fire with my hands in my face I just wonder. I have "everything" pertaining to life and godliness. All the tools that I need participate in the divine nature. What keeps my life from being so radically different than it was a year ago? Why the transformation is so slow? So slow that I often wonder if it is happening at all.
I guess the question is, Am I adding the ingredients that make make my faith productive?
goodness, knowledge; self-control; perseverance; godliness; brotherly kindness; and love.
If so Peter says I will effective and productive. I need to put a bookmark here and come back to this. There seems to be a be of ingredient here for spiritual growth.
goodness-a soft hearted pursuit of God
knowledge-an understanding of what God is up to
self-control-the addition of effort, ready, contemplate, solitude, pray
godliness-a commitment to what God says matters most
kindness-knowing that it is not all about me but God transforms me
love-a self less ness that trust that God will be my protector and not me.
Father may these be in me and increasing. Please be my early warning system when the rate of growth slows. Sound the horns, break my heart, 2 by 4 upside the head if necessary so that I am productive and effective. So that I find the sweet spot in this life and the life to come
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