We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learned he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness.
God made great and marvelous promises, so his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.
Do your best to improve your faith by adding goodness, understanding, self-control, patience, devotion to God, concern for others, and love. If you keep growing in this way, it will show that what you know about our Lord Jesus Christ has made your lives useful and meaningful.
2 Peter 1:3-8
When you are with a growing child everyday it is hard to see the difference from day to day. But when you don't see that child for a year, or a month or sometimes even a week you can easily see the growth!
When you grow as a follower of Jesus Christ your life will become useful and meaningful. You will be useful to Jesus as He works in and through you to accomplish His will everyday. And your life will become meaningful because it will declare to everyone around you that Jesus still works miracles today! Men will see that one who was lost is now found and a man who was once blind can now see!
When my father was a boy there was no such thing as a driver's license in the United States. He told me that a young man could drive a car when his legs were long enough to reach the peddles. It was really quite simple. If you had grown physically enough to push on the throttle and step on the brake then you were old enough to drive a car.
It is the same with a Christian. God will not ask you to do something for Him when your legs are too short to "reach the peddles." There is one great exception to this "rule." God will ask you to accomplish a task that is too hard for you to do and then He will do it for you as you watch Him in awe!
So my life as a Christian changes as I grow. I begin as a young man working for God and end up as an old man watching God work!
"Lord, let me watch You work today. Show me how Your power is moving in the world and in my life and the lives of those around me. And I will praise You for everything! Amen."
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