ADAR
BET 24
IN
You
“For if these
qualities are IN you …” (2Pet 1:8 TLV, emphasis
mine)
I make my own Muesli[1];
it is my go-to breakfast several times a week.
The possibilities are endless as to what to include, and no two batches
are the same. Whole rolled oats is the
foundation of my Muesli, while the different grains, nuts and seeds that I add
are both nutritious as well as flavor enhancing.
And so it is with these verses from 2Peter we have been studying. Faith will always be our foundation, for without faith, it is impossible to please our Elohim (Heb 11:16). 2Pet 1:5 instructs us to ‘add’ to our faith, and then proceeds to give us the list of ‘ingredients’ to add. Each ‘quality’ – as our opening verse refers to them – augments the previous one, and so the building is built.
However … I will never have a ‘finished’ Muesli that I can enjoy if I do not mix all the different ingredients together into one. I can have everything gathered together on my counter, but if I stand there looking at them, and make no effort to combine them, it is a fruitless effort. Again, the same scenario applies to our passages from 2Peter. If we are not diligent – and the word ‘diligent’ is found in 2Pet 1:5 – to incorporate these ‘qualities’ into our lives, then I would perceive that we too, would be fruitless.
Something to ‘chew’ on …
“For the one in whom
these things are NOT present is blind, being shortsighted, and forgetting that
he was cleansed of his sins in time past. Therefore, brothers,
rather BE DILIGENT to make your calling and election sure; FOR DOING THESE
THINGS, YOU WILL NOT EVER FALL.” (2Pet 1:9-10 HRB,
emphasis mine)
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