KNOWLEDGE.

So obviously I haven't kept up with my blog at much as one would hope. I want to fix that!

Today I've been all throughout 2 Peter. The whole book is fabulous but I'd like to stick within the first chapter. Check out 2 Peter 1: 5-8.

Now I'm NOT about the "check it off" kind of faith. The feeling that you must execute 1, 2 and 3 to feel Jesus. But I am about instruction and structure. I'm okay with a plan on how to get where I want to be. Verses 5 and 6 say make EVERY effort to add to you faith these things: goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection and love. But then look at verse 8 that ties it all together:

"For if you possess these qualities in INCREASING measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." (TNIV)

So what you're telling me here is that I have a plan on how to keep myself from becoming ineffective and unproductive?! SWEET!

**The key word is increasing.

The amount of these characteristics that you're adding to your faith need to be consistently on the rise! Just as you can't drink one bottle of water and expect it to last you a year, you can't put forth one act of goodness and expect to be effective and productive in your knowledge of Christ. This is a positive correlation (don't diss the math :)). You add or increase these characteristics to your faith and your knowledge of Christ will increase as well!

Now here's the cool part:

Backtrack to verse 3:

"His divine power has given us everything we need to for a godly life through our KNOWLEDGE OF HIM who called us by his own glory and goodness."(TNIV)

Because of this new knowledge of Him that we've gained, we can now receive EVERYTHING we need to live a godly life! Knowledge = Provision.

Add to your faith increasingly. Gain knowledge of our beautiful God. Receive provision.

Sounds like a good deal to me :)

Love,

Kaity