Promises form God.

My musings here are to get you involved with reflecting on the scriptures and on II Peter 1:3-11 to start. It takes time to do this. I will make a new post here once or twice a month. To maximize the bennefit of this blog start at the end which is the first post and work chronologically through it...and work at your own speed.

II Peter 1:3-11 is Full of Promises. Statements that lead us to look towards our relationship with God with hope... hope that the reality of our lives can be profoundly good and meaningful. This does not mean that our lives will be easy or comfortable. Our lives will become like Christ's life (at best) and will share in the kind of Qualities of Love and Richness of Meaning that Christ lived into...

I am concerned that sometimes people try to manipulate God rather than owning thier part of the relationship. (James 4)

What God wants... is it really that hard??? that we become loving people... That we really love God, Ourselves, and Others... with God's help!!!

If you don't have this as the core aim of your life than I believe you are going to have conflicts with what God is trying to do in your life.

Here is the assignment if you want it. Go through this passage, II PETER 1:3-11 and ask what is God's part of the relationship and what is our part. To walk with God is to know what counts in life: Galtions 5:6.

I will add a little subtext for guidance as you look through the passage for yourself.

Remember to ask what is our part and what is God's part and how do they connect???

Verse 3, Note God's good is a plural good for "us" not just for "me".

Verse 4, Note God's aim for giving promises... for us to "Escape the Corruption of the world".

Verses 5-8 Think about what growing in character looks like... (We will explore this further).

Verse 9 Not all promises are positive.

Verses 10-11 What kind of quality of life does this all imply?

Comments, Corrospondence, and questions are welcome. I will respond as I have time and energy to do so...

II Peter 1:3-11

This blog is a response to being asked to start a Bible correspondence course. I am starting with II Peter 1:3-11 because this is a passage that has kept me grounded as a person for over 20 years.

You will notice that I will not provide answers here. Rather I will provide questions that will encourage you to search, grow, and learn.

My goal is that you will end up with a better quality of life, a life with better content, a life defined by LOVE... a LOVE that impacts all of your relationshps. A LOVE drawn from the life of God (Ephesians 3:14-21).

Big goals will only be reached by living into what the scriptures reveal.