I Don’t Have, Think Again….

God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. It’s knowing Him. It’s found in His Word. When we commune with Him daily, in His Word and in prayer, we are equipped to carry out His will. This helps us escape the world’s corruption. Christians don’t need drugs or alcohol to escape, we have God’s Spirit to help us escape the negative influences the world may offer. We align our desires with His desires and it diffuses our human desires, which always lead to our or someone else’s downfall. We need to cling to God’s promises, and nurture our fruits of the Spirit. The more we do this, the more useful and productive we will be in our daily walk with Jesus. So the next time you think you “don’t have..”, think again. You have everything you need for living a godly life, it’s just a matter of perspective (and forgetfulness on our part).

3 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. 4 And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:3-11