2 Peter 1:4 English Standard Version (ESV) by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
A few of us are in an on-line bible studies together. The devotional today was about character. I had written a devotional myself two days ago about God’s Character. Now as I open up my bible studies the opening verse is this one from 2 Peter 1:4 and it fits in perfectly well.
There is a sense of timing in which a pastor had his say, I had my say, and the editors over at Bibledateway had their say. Independent from one another it is only the Holy Spirit that connects us in any way.
So this is what God has today. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
That is a direct quote that was stirred up in my mind by the Lord who holds my heart in His hands. It is not a word of prophecy and should not be taken as such. It only holds meaning to those of us that are here to receive it during the events that are current in our experience.
Will that touch anyone else’s life? I don’t know. That is for God to decide. All I can do is bear witness to what is currently going on in my life and a few friends. I think it is very possible that this happens to others I don’t even know. I can believe in that possibility because that promise Peter speaks about is given to us all.
We have His promises in common. We have His Spirit in common. His Word abides in us in different languages and versions but it is the same Word, Jesus Christ.
The Word is alive because Christ is alive and ruling in our hearts by faith.
We use the word faith as if it is a religion with comments like “What’s your faith?” Faith, true faith, is a gift from God to us to use in this life with Christ. We walk by faith, we do not walk by religion.
How we define faith defines our walk with Christ.
Romans 10:17 English Standard Version (ESV) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.