God is Enough

We are home again. Sammi's headache hasn't gone away yet, but she's feeling better and is glad to be home. She's on a new medicine and we hope this one will work. Thanks for your prayers.

Today, read 2 Peter 1:1-4

Context: Despite the claim in 2 Peter 1:2, there is quite a bit of doubt that Peter actually wrote this book. Many claim that it was written by a scribe or that someone very close to Peter wrote about the things Peter would have said in a letter. While there isn't much evidence to support Peter's authorship, there was more evidence for this letter than many that were omitted from the Bible. The purpose of this letter was to alert believers to error and to stimulated them to spiritual growth.

Text:

1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

3His 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. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (NIV)

taken from www.biblegateway.com

God has given us everything we need for life and godliness...how different would our lives be if we truly believed that statement?

Think about the time in history when this text was written. What do we have access to now, both possessions and Biblical references, that they didn't have then?

In the days of the early church, there was almost no written way to study God's word. There were Old Testament documents locked up in the temples, and there were probably a few copies of letters from Paul or the apostles being circulated. I bet we have more Bibles and biblical materials in each home than existed in all of Jerusalem or Rome. Yet many people were closer to God at that time than we are today.

And stuff...I'll be one of the first to admit that I like stuff...alot! But how much of my effort goes to obtaining and maintaining stuff instead of trying to get closer to God?

God gives us all we need...yet we always seem to want more than we have. More information before we feel qualified to witness to others, more time to pray or study His word, more money to buy stuff that didn't even exist 20 years ago, much less 2000 years ago. When will we realize that He is enough?