Confirm
Your Call And Election
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours through
the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance
in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
His divine power has given us everything
needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by
his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his
precious and very great promises, so that through them
you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and
may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, you must
make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with
knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance,
and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual
affection with love. For if these things are yours and are increasing among
you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ. For anyone who lacks these things is nearsighted and
blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins. Therefore, brothers and
sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call
and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.
2 Peter 1:1-11
Even if we claim the name of Jesus
Christ, it may not be evident to others that we really know Him. Do we have a
personal relationship with Him? If so, are we striving, praying, and working to
know Jesus more intimately each day?
Can you honestly say that you know Jesus
better today than you knew Him yesterday? The better you know Jesus in your
heart, the more the world will see Jesus in your life.
Our
Daily Bread -