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September 1 — Already Given
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” — 2 Peter 1:3 NIV
You've probably felt like you're missing something. Maybe it's discipline. Maybe it's faith. Or whatever that person two pews over seems to have figured out. Today's verse throws the list out before you finish making it.
In today's verse, Peter doesn't say go find what's missing. Instead, he's saying that everything we need for a godly life has already been given to us.
Everything, already given, even before you asked. The tricky bit is in the next phrase: through our knowledge of him. Not by trying harder or reading more or finally getting your act together. But just by knowing Jesus.
When Peter uses the word "knowledge" here, he isn't talking about information filed away or things one might learn at seminary school.
It's the kind of knowing that comes from actually being with someone, the way you know a spouse or an old friend, not a stranger you've read about.
The godly life you're straining toward cannot be assembled piece by piece out of your own willpower. It's already there, sitting inside a relationship that you may not be fully living into.
Peter isn't handing you a to-do list today. He's handing you an inventory of what you already own. You just need to lean in and take hold. The days ahead keep circling that same inventory.
REFLECT: What are you still trying to earn today that God says He’s already given you?