Vibrant: A Life of WorshipSample

I believe that in the deepest place in each one of us, at our core, our chief desire in life is to simply be like Jesus. How I long to respond like He did to difficult and cantankerous people! How I ache to do absolutely anything just like Jesus did!

Peter understood the magnificence and the honor that the promises of God hold for those who choose to believe. Peter knew there is nothing more valuable to our lifestyle than appropriating the truth of God’s promises to our everyday behavior. However, in order for you to own the promises, you must first be aware of them.

When you and I, who have been made in the exact image and likeness of God, apply His promises to our human lives, we begin to walk in the power and strength that He has designed for us. When I attach my life to His Word, I become more like Him and less like me.

It is stunning to realize that Peter and the Holy Spirit have invited us to be “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4).

Because of Jesus, I don’t have to wear my great aunt’s temper or my grandfather’s propensity to criticize. I get to exhibit the divine nature.

Because of Calvary, I don’t have to be filled with shame over past sins or stay up all night worrying. I am called to evidence the divine nature.

Because of the Word of God, I don’t have to wonder what God’s will is or wander aimlessly through life. I am a show-and-tell on planet earth of how to live life filled with God’s holy and lovely nature.

One of the most glorious parts of this lifestyle is that we don’t have to be like Jesus, but we get to be like Him! It is the highest honor and privilege as we walk through this life in which the world is aching for someone to give them Jesus.

Peter knew that although we walk in the victory of our faith, in the truth of Scripture, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, we would naturally face some difficulties along life’s way.

However, when we determine to be the human expression of the character of Christ, it opens an escape door for us!