peter

What do you need for a godly life? As an older man, looking back on his life, Peter must have seen so many of the times he missed the mark. That poor servant’s ear in the garden; sinking on the waves after showing so much faith; rebuking Jesus! And what about the awful sound of that cockerel that day? I wonder whether he realised that his journey of failure and redemption, his own godly life, had less to do with him than he’d thought. Here’s what he wrote...

“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

Everything he had needed had come from the Lord. Perhaps that’s why his time with Jesus had been bookended with the miraculous catches of fish? Perhaps that’s why Jesus had asked him to follow him at the beginning, and then again, at the end. It had all been because of His glory and His goodness.

Do you sometimes feel like you’re struggling to live a godly life? I think Peter would say it starts and ends with hearing the call and following Jesus. Whatever your difficulty might be today, listen out for His voice and trust Him. Everything you need is already yours.