Wednesday Reading: 2 Peter 1:4
Key Verse: 2 Peter 1:4
4 through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Devotion:
How many times have you tried to say something to someone or to write a letter to someone and have ended up feeling like you have made a fool of yourself or have scrunched up the letter before actually sending it? Some people do seem to be able to say the right things at the right time and others, like me, seem quite adept at saying the wrong things at the wrong times! Simon Peter was no doubt under some duress as he could see that he would continue to be persecuted for Christ’s name but he had a way of introducing his letters that still makes people stop and think...
It is through Christ’s power and might that we are where we are right now. It is through His power that we are able to continue giving out His word to more and more people each day. It is because of Christ that this is all possible and that is what we have to make sure that we do remember. It is not through anything that we can do or have done or will do because Christ is the one that gives us the wherewithal to actually get out there and do things in His name! God is the one that has promised so much to us from the beginning and the one who continues to make sure that those same promises continue to come true.
It is because of these promises that we are all able to be like the Apostles of old time, that we are able to go out into all the world and spread His word to all who are willing to listen. Yes we will still continue to meet many who just don’t want to know – but there are many more that will listen and those are the ones that Christ would have us to reach. Those are the ones that we have been given Christ’s power to reach. Those are the ones who we need to reach because Christ is the one who have given them to us to reach. If we are not willing to get out there are reach for them, then who is going to step up and do our job? Christ gave us that position for a reason. Take it and run with it – it is God’s will!
Points to Ponder:
What are you waiting for?
Are you waiting for Christ to do your work?
