“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:5-8 [NKJV] -> me: Man, I cannot get through many verses each day in 2nd Peter. ‘For this very reason’ is pertaining to yesterday’s passage of ‘being given the exceedingly great precious promises’. Virtue is excellence, resolution, and Christian energy in our walk. Looking at how all of these things lead into each other and then ending with LOVE. When we have gotten to this place in knowledge of our Lord and Savior then we will keep from being idle in our Christian life before Jesus returns. Of all of these things – the one I must focus on the most is ‘self-control’. Self-control in my emotions, my decision making in self-sufficiency, my desires, and my time. The more I lean into the word of God and apply that learning to my life the farther I feel from where I want to be in my relationship with my Savior, but my faith is increased. It is like there is a direct relationship between my spiritual self-awareness and the measure of faith God gives me. Super humbling…
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