Suzie Lane
The Bible is filled with call stories, Mary, Moses, Jonah, Samuel, the list goes on and on of God calling people to Kingdom building. Call stories are similar in 4 ways: God extends the call, there is resistance (“I’m too old,” “I’m too young,” “I don’t speak well enough”), God offers reassurance, and, finally, there is a response. It’s a perfect package; God has a task to be done and knows who should do it, there is understandable hesitancy, God sends assurance, and the person responds. The story of call in 2 Peter doesn’t disappoint.
According to the Common English Bible, our call is to a godly life to “share the divine nature and escape from the world’s immorality that sinful craving produces.” And, because our response is likely one of resistance, God directs us to “make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, endurance; and to endurance, godliness; and to godliness, affection for others; and to affection for others, love.”
Our response? In a world that often doesn’t care about Kingdom building, we are instructed to “be eager to confirm your call and election. Do this and you will never ever be lost. In this way you will receive a rich welcome into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.” With God’s help, may it be so.
Prayer: “Stretch forth your hand; our health restore, and make us rise to fall no more.
O let your face upon us shine and fill the world with love divine.” Amen.
Daily Challenge: Today, look for God’s presence in the smallest of places, in strangers, on the road, in your home.
According to the Common English Bible, our call is to a godly life to “share the divine nature and escape from the world’s immorality that sinful craving produces.” And, because our response is likely one of resistance, God directs us to “make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, endurance; and to endurance, godliness; and to godliness, affection for others; and to affection for others, love.”
Our response? In a world that often doesn’t care about Kingdom building, we are instructed to “be eager to confirm your call and election. Do this and you will never ever be lost. In this way you will receive a rich welcome into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.” With God’s help, may it be so.
Prayer: “Stretch forth your hand; our health restore, and make us rise to fall no more.
O let your face upon us shine and fill the world with love divine.” Amen.
Daily Challenge: Today, look for God’s presence in the smallest of places, in strangers, on the road, in your home.
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