The passage I read was 2 Peter 3:1-13
You can find that passage here:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Peter+3%3A1-13&version=NIV
The verse that most stood out to me:
11 & 13
As I reflect:
There is a pattern to the general population on earth. We are not to liken ourselves after that pattern. Instead, we out to live holy and godly lives and keep with His promises. We are to think and perceive differently as we see things not through the blinders of the enemy, but we have been given sight and can now look through the eyes of God on all matters. We do not lean on what man says but we trust with our lives what God says.
I gotta be honest. This passage was part of a week of studying repentance, and though I see the correlation, for me it is instead completely about trusting that God will do what He said He will do. Last week we took a look at sin and one of the lessons very clearly laid out a major tool of Satan in his attacks against believers and potential believers alike. That tool was doubt. This passage clearly wages war against such an attack and I believe that If Peter can make such a strong stand against the nay sayers sayings that we ought to be able to in faith do the same still today. Do not let doubt enter your mind, but instead be faithful without wavering and know that God will complete the work He began fulfilling every promise made along the way.
My response to the Lord:
Father, I have just come out of a seemingly long trial and I am still fairly unsure of what the purpose of the trial was. Though I have recognized some benefits in my own characteristics as well as in the possibility of being moved by you to new places. One such difference I notice is that my faith in your word and work in us is stronger than before. I am not so easily convinced by the world’s face values and I thank you for heightening and building into my views, understandings, and wisdom. May I be molded ever more to your image Father. Thank you for your work in me. I believe on you.
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