To Those Who Have Obtained Like Precious Faith Through the Righteousness of God

Welcome to "God's Rest Daily Devotional" 

Our Scripture Reading today is,

2 Peter 1 

I Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:

One of the thoughts that came to me while I read the writings of Peter is "What type of people Peter was speaking to."  Here, in the opening letters of his second epistle Peter said, "To those that have obtained like precious faith with us--through the righteousness of God, and our Savior Jesus Christ." 

Although I have read this many times it was not until I began to walk in the revelation of God's Rest and Righteousness that I realized a key to this chapter was so powerful that I have been meditating upon this chapter for years.  That is, "The Righteousness of God and Jesus Christ" is what reveals like precious faith.  

When you live in the finished works of God through Christ you are vitally joined to your Heavenly Father as One.  It was through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ that positioned every disciple for the Father to enter into the Door of the Life of Jesus to search for all who believe to vitally join Himself to each of our hearts forever more.  This precious joining together as One is the Righteousness of God and Jesus Christ revealed. 

As you study the meaning of the word "Precious" you begin to understand more insight to desire of the Heart of God to join Himself to every disciple as One, through Christ Jesus.  Here, the word "Precious" represents the idea of divine allotment.  

It is through the joining together as One that the heart of the disciple is then infused with who God is and His ability, which is the meaning of the word faith.  Before this joining together as One a heart was not born of God nor of His faith, or ability.  

As a child and even serving as a Pastor in a local fellowship for seven years I believed that Jesus died for me, Jesus cleansed me from my sins and Jesus was coming again.  After inviting Jesus into my heart I still struggled with the old-life and had no ability to overcome.  However, it was not until I learned that through the cross Jesus positioned me in a place to become born of God and be born of the exact faith God has.  

Romans 6 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

We must understand that when we say we have faith we we are acknowledging in our hearts  two important insights that will help a disciple live in God's Rest and Righteousness.  That is, when we say we have faith it is because we are born of God's Rest and His ability which is Righteousness. If one plus one is two then being born of God and born of His faith.  You cannot separate the two because both are one when you are born of God.  Now that's good news ! 

In closing, as we go back to the opening statement in the writing of the Apostle Peter and we read his greeting to the church he spoke to those, "Who obtained like precious faith (Being born of God and born of His ability as One) through the Righteousness of God and Christ Jesus."  Understanding this key, helps us understand the context of this chapter in which we will pick up on verse two next time around. 

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Steal Away in the Secret Place, Today! 

Sister Lara