| “…through them you may participate in the divine nature…” |
| —2 Peter 1:4 |
Most of us who believe in God, through the life-transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ, have no difficulty recognizing that we are terrible, awful, horrible sinners. Yes, we truly are also redeemed by God’s grace with our sins covered by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. But, when it comes to thinking that we have a divine nature, we have a difficult time imagining that reality. Nevertheless, the Apostle Peter declares the following in 2 Peter 1:4:
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
God has, indeed, given us many precious promises in His written Word, the Bible. As we begin a new day, we need to identify and appropriate those promises for our own lives. Let us depend on God’s divine nature, that dwells within us by the power of the Holy Spirit, to empower us this day to live our lives devoted to God’s agenda in this world. Let us allow God to fill us full of His mercy, grace, and love in such a way that we will touch the lives of everyone who comes across our pathway today.
Based on a blog originally posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
