Can’t See What Is Right In Front Of You

  In 2^nd Peter 1, we are told about the great gifts and promises that are found in Christ Jesus. He then tells us (verses 5-7) the traits we need to be adding to our faith so we will not become unproductive. In vs 9, we read  “For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.”

  Sometimes we accuse people of not seeing the big picture. We remark ‘They can see the forest for the trees’. We lock into a detail and miss what is going on.

 That is what Peter is warning about here. People that are missing the important point that as Christians we must be growing or we are missing out on what we have been given.

  Abraham Lincoln once said, “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” I wonder if God says the same thing about us these traits. If we are not moving forward we are moving away from God.  But as he continues in verse 10, “if you practice these qualities you will never fall.”

 Adding to our faith and growing in the Biblical pattern is the only way we can ensure our place in Heaven. The road is open, we just have to keep walking down it!