Work to be Done

2 Peter 1:8
The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NLT)

In the previous verses he talks about responding to the promises of God. And he tells us we should supplement our faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

In other words, we need to allow the Holy Spirit to grow us daily into the character of Christ. This is a lifelong quest. Being a believer is not a onetime use of a seed of faith to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. It is not just getting the ticket to get on the bus to eternity. There is a price to pay while we are still on this earth.

There is work to be done. We can only do so much with the knowledge we first had after that saving encounter with Jesus. But as we let the Holy Spirit teach us we do grow in our moral excellence. We obtain self-control, patient endurance, godliness, and love for everyone.

As we walk out shining His light to a dark world we open doors for others to step into and as we do so we grow. And as we grow in Christ, so grows our faith. It is an exciting journey!