“night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith?” 1 Thess. 3:10
Remember we walk by faith and not by sight. Without faith it is impossible to please God and we certainly cannot receive from the Lord without faith. The truth is, whatever is lacking in our lives has the ability to produce all kinds of limitations.
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord”. 2 Pet. 1:1-2
Grace and peace is multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ.
Virtually all of our struggles are rooted in the absence of grace and peace that comes through the knowledge of God. Peace is not just the absence of trouble but is a state of well-being all round.
Grace and peace doesn’t come automatically. We must make a deliberate effort to seek the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ in order to grow in grace and peace.
Life is motion, the more we move on in life, the more difficulties and challenges we have to deal with. We need the grace and the peace of God to overcome the challenges of life. We’ve got to become very deliberate; things do not just happen in life. We have to be deliberate about seeking the knowledge of God to have the grace and the peace of God.
“As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue”. 2 Pet. 1:3
The call of God is a call to life and godliness, but for us to have access to the things God has given us; it has to come through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ.
Whenever we get stuck, we ought to go back to our example-Jesus. But many times, we don’t go back to the example to see how to navigate these times. We do not have it all; there are things that may be lacking in our lives and whatever is lacking is in Jesus and we must seek to know it in order to add it.
In order to upgrade our lives spiritually and otherwise, it has to be through the knowledge of Him. Upgrading your life doesn’t happen by accident. It is in Jesus Christ that our strength and life lies.
It is through knowledge that we shall be delivered. (Prov.11:9) You are not wasting your time when you pick up your bible to read. We are meant to be living and functioning like Jesus through the knowledge of Him.
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins”. 2 Pet. 1:5-9.
If we are not deliberating adding to our lives and growing, we’ll be dying. Being born-again is the beginning of the journey and not an end. We are wired to grow and develop. We are at our best when we are growing. Diligently add to your faith/life.
If these qualities are not growing in you, your life will be a
misrepresentation of Jesus.
Let’s stop playing church. Let’s be diligent in growing and not just stay at the level of being born-again.
“Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble”. 2 Pet. 1:10.
Don’t become complacent as a believer. You may be getting older in age but not growing. Jesus said you are my disciples indeed if you continue in my word. John 8:32
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing”. John 15:4-5
Once you start functioning out of the vine, out of purpose, out of where God has placed you, you start dying.
Your communion with the
brethren must not take the place of your communion with the Lord, and vice
versa. Each has its place.
There’s more to assess. You must not come to a plateau. Your path should be shinning more and more.....
If your walk with God is deliberate and functional, you will not need anyone to supervise you.
Let us continue in the things that will make us disciples indeed; such as reading and studying our bibles, praying, meditating on the scriptures etc. these are habits that you must constantly be growing in.
There is what to add to make your calling and election sure. Rise up, and refuse to be complacent. Don't be lost in the pool of survival.
Christ is the greatest motivation you need. When you find Christ, you’ll find everything in Him. Never compromise the prosperity of your soul. Your priority should be from the inside out.
