"His Divine Power has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence."
This simple verse of scripture reverberates loudly with the sufficiency of the Gospel. I'm taken aback and chewing on two phrases in this text. The first is that God has "granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness".
What all might this entail? Well it has to be a lot to use the word everything. Nothing pertaining to life and godliness was left out or held back when we recieved the "true knowledge of Him..."
Does this mean that the things I worry about pertaining to life are already granted to me? Must be.
Does this mean that the power I need for godliness in this messed up world has been granted to me? Must be
Does this mean things spiritual as well as material provisions are granted to us as God's children?
What does everything pertaining to life entail? Does having God and being his adopted son and being a co-heir mean that I can live worry free about those things in the future that concern me?
I'm thinking that maybe I should see myself a little differently merely because through the knowledge of Him (gospel). Maybe I should see myself and my life as currently entailing exactly everything that he wants for me at this given time and trust that for tomorrow I will have everything I need according to what he wants for me tomorrow.
And what about that phrase "called us by His own glory and excellence"? I'll save this for my next post...
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