A Godly Life

Good Morning,

2 Peter 1:3 (NIV)
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
2 Peter 1:3 (AMP)
For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).
2 Peter 1:3 (NLT)
By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

(Sometimes I find myself needing to look at various translations of the Bible in order to grasp what it is that God has put there. That's the reason for the three today.)

Once we come to know God, to TRULY know Him and have a relationship with Him, then, as we read today, we have everything we need at our disposal so that we can live a good and godly life. Now, what we actually DO with all that we have available to us, well, that's up to us...you and I...as individuals, and, I believe, also as a Church in our many congregations.

So, what remains for us to think about (to PONDER, as yesterday's message talked about) would be to see exactly how we've used what has been granted to us.

This is going to be a short message. I think that what is being asked of us, of all of us, is that we reflect on what we've done with what we've been granted by the grace of God.

God is good. We know that. God gives, bestows, upon us and to us, "everything we need for living a godly life." What we do with that "everything" is totally up to us.

During this time when we anticipate the celebration of the birth of our Lord, let's give God the gift of our time by reflecting on what it is we've done with what we've been given. Let that be at least one small birthday gift that we give to Jesus.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David