His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
2 Peter 1:3
2 Peter 1:3
Is your life chaotic, at least sometimes? Demons thrive in chaos. Stability is the condition God creates in our lives. When we feel everything is chaotic, it isn’t usually because circumstances are chaotic, but rather our perception is chaotic. What I mean is we are unable to focus. While trying to deal with problem 1, we become distracted by problem 2 and so on. Example. A woman is home all day with the kids. She has had it up to “here” with the problems of the household. Dad shows up bringing his own world of problems. His focus is entirely different. If he can’t quickly readjust and focus on where is wife’s life is and if she can’t do the same, it’s going to be a long night.
How do we avoid this chaos? by focus on Him. As Peter tell us in this verse, He has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness. Notice what that means. “Life” includes all that happens in our day-to-day natural world. “Godliness” includes all things spiritual; the perfection of our spirit life that He calls us to. No striving is involved. He has already granted “everything.” We need only focus on Him.
You see our chaotic world is full of our attempts to fix things, to bring all that we see as “out of sync” back into sync. By focusing on Him, we realize, He’s got it covered, not by what we can accomplish but “by His own glory and excellence.” It so easy to say “Let go and let God.” But wow is it hard to do.
Try it, one more time, and
Be blessed.
Nick
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