Nearsighted and Blind
While at lunch today, I read today's Verse of the Day from Bible Gateway. It is found in 2 Peter 1:5-8. I am adding verse 9 because it is what God used as the spriitual 2 X 4 that I've blogged about before.
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. "
If we don't move forward in our walk with the Lord, we are likely to forget the cleansing we've received from Him in the past....we become nearsighted and blind.
Just makes me think....how nearsighted have I become? My post from last Friday comes to mind. The situations at work that drag me down shouldn't drag me down if I am adding to my faith daily.
Brotherly kindness? Ouch, that one hurt.
What about when Paul says, "if you possess these...they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive." That hurts, too.
God, I confess my failure to add to my faith. I confess my inability to allow you to reign supreme in my life. Take it all, it is yours.
P.S. Thanks for the 2 X 4.
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. "
If we don't move forward in our walk with the Lord, we are likely to forget the cleansing we've received from Him in the past....we become nearsighted and blind.
Just makes me think....how nearsighted have I become? My post from last Friday comes to mind. The situations at work that drag me down shouldn't drag me down if I am adding to my faith daily.
Brotherly kindness? Ouch, that one hurt.
What about when Paul says, "if you possess these...they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive." That hurts, too.
God, I confess my failure to add to my faith. I confess my inability to allow you to reign supreme in my life. Take it all, it is yours.
P.S. Thanks for the 2 X 4.
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