Let's put God in our main focus =)
Growing in faith
2 Peter 1:3-11
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. 5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
10 So, dear brothers and sisters,work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
When i think about it ... God really has given us all the things we need to live a Godly life... but the question is whether we use it and put the main focus to God... because too many times especially for me... I would take God for granted and he would be somewhere at the back of my important list, and then I would get trapped in worldy things or human desires... and when i realise it, or when things go downhill, I will then say... God I want to hear from you, and God i want you to lead me out of these human desires... BUT I realise that sometimes even though I would want to hear from God or actually God HAS already spoke to me BUT because He is at the back of my importance list, I won't be able to hear him. which then makes me ask myself this question, how would i be able to hear from God, how would i be able to grow? how would i be able to know more about God IF I don't make that effort to hear him or respond to him?The answer would be: I won't be able to because he is not in my main focus... and only when I don't feel God's presence or when things start to go downhill I will cry,blame and ask God and actually... all along GOD was always there talking to me and waiting for my response... It's just that because I don't put him first, and because I don't make that effort to hear from him, I won't be able to hear from him .
So we should put him in the top of the important list, make every effort to respond to him and take away those human desires, BUT the amazing part is, because of God's promises, he has enabled us to escape the world's corruption caused by human desires... HIP HIP HOORAY TO GOD... he is awesome!
If you want to feel how God feels sometimes:
just imagine... the person you love so much and would do pretty much anything for them... and that person knows how much you love them and they do love you too but at times they put you in the background... how would you feel? sad? hurt? but for God... his love is so much till we can't even love the person as much as how God loves us... that is how much he loves us...
God has given us so much. we shouldn't let the things in this world come between us and God. He is our saviour, He loved us so much that he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for our sins... he has blessed us with so much that he doesn't deserve to be put in the background...
At times it is hard, but we should constantly remind ourselves about what are we here for and the things that God has blessed us with...
We are so special to him, even though we are sinners, he still loves us unconditionally, he doesn't give up on us, he still wants to lead us and guide us, all he wants us to do is to make the effort to respond to him and be obedient to him... so LET'S NOt put him in the background but put him as our main focus.
and LET'S make every effort to respond to God and let's INCREASE our faith...
Let's us not be the ones that fail, Let us not be the one that is shortsighted or the ones that gets blind... but let's prove that we have been called and chosen by God... even in the bible, it says work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen.... so it's sort of saying that it won't be easy and the devils will try it's best to defeat us but if we read Jeremiah 15:20
20 They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 15:20
it says: They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
GOd is with us SO THE DEVIL WILL NOT DEFEAT US...
oh and ya!
I like the last part in 2 Peter 1:10-11, about how it says if we do those things that was mentioned in verse 5-6, we won't fall away and God will be giving us the grand entrance...That will be so EXCITING... the grand entrance in to the eternal Kindgom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Who wants that grand entrance? put ur hands up
hehe ME ME ME... Bernie puts up all her two hands up and even her two feet up =p
By the way this is Bernie... I will be posting some of theentries in Jovial's amazing blog- For the cause of Christ =)
