Empowered!

Empowered!

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2 Peter 1:3 KJV

The fundamental reality of a walk with God is that you can never operate over and above the level of knowledge of God that you have. First, faith comes by hearing the Word of God. You hear about God; something clicks in your heart and then there is a change; then you seek more and more of God, and the more of God you know, the deeper and more fulfilling your walk with God is. No wonder Peter here was emphasising this knowledge: the verse before today's extract says: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. The walk into heaven starts with a knowledge of the gate into heaven.

What is the purpose behind the reality of knowing this God? It must get me to a point where I fully understand all that God has given. Through his power, everything I need in this present earthly phase has been provided for, including every provision for Godliness and my walk with God. The same power addresses my physical as well as my spiritual needs. How do I know this: the day I gave control of my life to Christ, eternal life was sealed. My name is written down in the Lamb's book of life. But that is just the start of the journey. God will not bring me into a relationship with Him and then abandon me to sort things out on my own. He will not take hold of my life and then leave me to struggle through the realities of daily living. If He's in charge, He will take control of all that concerns me, so I can in turn be all that He has ordained me to be.

We are called to glory and virtue. Nothing less than this reality will work. Men need to see the effect and consequence of our walk with God in the things that we do and say. We point out Christ and publicise his virtues through our lives; we cannot keep the light of God in us hidden under a bushel. The light wasn't built to be hidden but to shine out as a beacon to other people, and to lead them to the light. How's my light? How's yours? Am I living out the light of God and is the knowledge of Him evident in my life? His time of favour is here.