Saturday Dec 04, 2021

Episode 55: 2 Peter 1

Today's meditation is based on 2nd Peter 1 from the Passion Translation

I have been given a precious faith through the righteousness of my God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Grace and perfect peace cascades over me as I live in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus my Lord.

Everything I could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in me by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon me through the rich experience of knowing him who has called me by name and invited me to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness. As a result of this, he has given me magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises I can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which I have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.

So I devote myself to lavishly supplementing my faith with goodness, and to goodness I add understanding, and to understanding I add the strength of self-control, and to self-control I add patient endurance, and to patient endurance I add godliness, and to godliness I add mercy toward my brothers and sisters, and to mercy toward others I add unending love.

Since these virtues are already planted deep within, and I possess them in abundant supply, they will keep me from being inactive or fruitless in my pursuit of knowing Jesus Christ more intimately. I am not blind, constantly closing my eyes to the mysteries of faith, nor forgetting my innocence — for my past sins have been washed away.

For this reason, I am eager to confirm and validate that God has invited me to salvation and claimed me as his own. By supplementing my faith with these virtues, I will never stumble. And as a result, the kingdom’s gates will open wide to me as God choreographs my triumphant entrance into the eternal kingdom of my Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

I continually remind myself of these truths, even though I am already aware of them and am well established in the present measure of truth I have already embraced.

I know that the gospel is truth, not a masterfully crafted legend. I know that I will continue to do well as I stay focused on God's Word. His Word is like a piercing light shining in a gloomy place, like the dawning of a new day, as the Morning Star rises in my heart.

Episode 55: 2 Peter 1

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