Monday April 18

Another week.  Another Monday.  Life's rhythms and cycles goes on. From the smallest events to the grand scale of life in the vast universe. For many today is Tax Day in the United States.  Millions will rush to file and get there paperwork in.  Millions more will not even file and challenge the government to find them.  So life goes on.  


But like a dripping spring in a cave can make the beautiful columns and formations over the millions of years, so life makes small and steady changes in our lives.  Eventually, we all die.  Eventually we have to ask the question "Is there more after life?"  
Faith is the quality of life that is really unique.  Truly, we humans have certain things that set us apart.  Faith is one of them.  


We have to have Faith in order to go on.  Faith is the great keeper.  Where does it come from....ah, the question of the ages.  For me, I believe Faith comes from God.  It is the connecting signal between God and mankind.  Faith is the gift, belief is the result.  


Consider today's meditation by Bob Hoekstra:



April 18


Fully Supplied through Knowing God


"Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue."  (2Pe_1:2-3)


Our lives are blessed whenever the Lord adds any of His blessings to our experience. Yet, there are times when we sense a need for God's blessings to be multiplied to us. Well, God desires to intensify His working toward us. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you." Drop after drop of refreshing water may encourage the thirsty soul. However, our hearts' true need may be for fountains of living water. God loves to pour forth in abundance. "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).
 God's grace (His undeserved resource for living) is available in multiplied measures. God's peace (His heaven-sent spiritual tranquility) can be partaken of in magnified portions. 
The process for partaking of these multiplied provisions simply involves growing in knowing our Lord. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord." 


Another astounding truth about believers in Jesus Christ is that we have already been given everything needed for abundant Christian living: "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness." This is not to say that we are aware of what is ours, or that we are experiencing all that is ours. Nonetheless, God has already given us every spiritual provision needed to live as He desires ("all things that pertain to life") and to grow in Christlikeness as He wills ("all things that pertain to . . . godliness"). 
The process for accessing these comprehensive resources also involves getting to know the Lord better: "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him," 


It is by grace that we initially come to know the Lord. As we get to know Him better, grace is then multiplied into our lives. When we first met the Lord, He gave us everything that we needed to live as He intended. As we grow in knowing Him, we access for living all that He has already given to us in Christ.


Dear Lord of abundant blessings, I praise You for Your bountiful grace. So frequently I underestimate Your goodness to me. What a staggering thought that You have already given me in Christ all that I need for a godly life. O Lord, I long to grow in knowing You, that all of these heavenly realities might be manifested in my life, for Your glory and honor, Amen.


I pray that you will be abundantly blessed, that you will have Faith and God's loving Grace fill all of you and your loved one.  
Praise God!