Because we are Saved

Isn’t it interesting that it says “add” all these different characters to your life? As if it was just as easy to add fruit to a fruit bowl. It implies that we have to put effort into growing, and growing is not a comfortable process. In fact, growing is innately uncomfortable. Just like a toddler with physical growing pains, spiritual growth can feel the same. 

The challenge is not for us to work hard in order to be saved, but to passionately pursue our relationship with God because we are saved through Him. Peter tells us that the starting point is faith. Through putting our trust in Jesus, we receive the Holy Spirit which helps us become more like Him as we spend time with the Lord and live our lives according to His purpose.

Prayer:
Father, we thank you for being a patient and loving father. We ask that you would help us exercise self-control where we are weak. Thank you for the Holy Spirit’s power at work in us as we desire to become more like Jesus and grow in self-control. Amen.