Divine Power

“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness …” – 2 Peter 1:3.

It is God’s power that provides for our ability to have a call from Him to be saved.  It is God who came down to us, lived perfectly with us, allowed Himself to suffer under our judgment, was crucified until physically dead, buried, and who rose again.  This is the divine power of God.  There exist no other perfect love, no other perfect sacrifice, no other perfect obedience, except for that in Christ Jesus.  And that same power has been given to us through His divine call and our sharing of His divine nature.  This is so we might have His divine power to life a joy-filled and victorious Christian life.

Do not say that God has not made an arrangement for you to live for Him.  He has made every arrangement for our life in Christ and our godliness of life for Him.  God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness.  All things, not just some things leaving us to figure out some ourselves.  He has given us all things that lead to life.  Jesus says that He is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).  God has given us all things that lead to Jesus.  “He that has the Son has life …” (1 John 5:12).

God tells us he will never leave or forsake us.  The moment we become born again into His divine nature we have the ability to experience victory over sin and be released from hopelessness and fear that dominate the world today.  But, this gift of divine power does not mean we will remain in perfect communion with God.  It does mean that we are capable of staying there, but as we know, the battle for us is ongoing and will ever remain until the glorious day we receive our final call to live in His presence.  A former president of Radio Bible Class, Richard De Hann said, “If we have the assurance of God’s forgiveness, the consciousness of His eternal presence, the joy of answered prayer, the experience of His day-by-day guidance, and the expectation of a glorious eternity in Heaven, you can have the blessing of God’s power in your life even in the midst of illness, great poverty, or anonymity.”

Read God’s Word.  Commune with Him in prayer.  Obey His teachings.  And live in God’s strength.