Add to your faith goodness. 2 Peter 1:5
“Add”
indicates something we have to do. We are in danger of forgetting that we
cannot do what God does, and that God won’t do what we can. We cannot save or
sanctify ourselves; God will not give us good habits or character. We have to
develop habits and character on our own, working out the salvation God has
worked in.
“Add”
suggests we have to get into a habit. Habits are difficult to establish. To
take the initiative is to make a beginning, to instruct yourself in the way you
have to go. Beware of asking for directions when you know the way perfectly
well. Take the initiative; stop hesitating; be decisive. Whenever God speaks,
act in faith immediately on what he says, and never go back on your decisions.
If you hesitate when God tells you to do something, you endanger your position
in grace. Will yourself to take the first step—I will write that letter;
I will pay that debt—then burn your bridges behind you. Make it
impossible to go back.
We can
only take initiative where we are, not where we aren’t. We have to get into the
habit of seeking the mind of God about anything and everything. If when a
crisis comes, we instinctively turn to him, we will know the habit has been
formed.
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