Supplementing your faith

To paraphrase 2 Peter 1:5-9 is to call to action those who have faith in Christ Jesus. Peter encourages us to add to our faith goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love. Each of these things builds upon one another towards the ultimate goal of love. So here is my prayer tonight Lord.

May you grant me now in my journey with you these building blocks of love. Most crucially give me self-control in my times of weakness. Amen.

"But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins." (2 Peter 1:9, NIV)

When we as Christians are not actively seeking to add these qualities to our faith we are being nearsighted to satisfy some fleshy desire. We lose sight of the fact that these flesh rewards pale in comparison to the eternal rewards we have thanks to the cleansing we have received from Christ Jesus. We have forsaken the old and perishable for the new and everlasting. Let us (myself the chief offender) not forget the exchange that has been made at such an incredible price, passed freely on to is.