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GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
2 Peter 1:3-4
Psalm 107:1-15
“Thou hast dealt well
with thy servant, O LORD,
according unto thy word.”
GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES
It is God’s divine power working in us that enables us to live godly lives. However, we are again challenged by the truth that what God has provided for us can be experienced in its fullest extent only through a knowledge of Him. As we study the Scriptures and come to know more of the Saviour, we are able to experience the power He has provided for godly living. Believers only grow spiritually as their knowledge of God increases (2 Pet 1:3).
It is no wonder then that the Apostle Paul prayed that God would fill the believers with a knowledge of His will (Col 1:9). As God’s people, we must continually study His Word in order to know more of Him and His will for our lives. The second epistle of Peter deals with some difficult and, in a sense, even frightening information. But we who know God through a knowledge of His Word will find peace and rest in all He has promised us.
In order to live a Christ-like life in a sinful wicked world, God has given us great promises of spiritual power. He has given us a new nature. Formerly, we were slaves to the corruption of the world through our own sinful desires. But having come to know Christ we are now new creations in Him (2 Cor 5:17). We no longer have to conform to the world but can have our minds renewed as we learn the things of God. We can think like the Lord concerning the world, its difficulties and temptations (Phil 2:5).
Because the Spirit of God lives in us, we are able to live in obedience to God. We can remain free from the entanglements of the world around us and the sorrow it brings (Rom 8:9). As we study the Scripture and learn more of the God of our salvation, we are better prepared to live for Him in these final days.
THOUGHT: How can I know God in a more intimate way?
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for the indwelling of Thy Holy Spirit, for then I am enabled to live in obedience to Thy Word.