(2 Peter 1:10 MSG) So, friends, confirm God’s invitation to you, his choice of you. Don’t put it off; do it now. Do this, and you’ll have your life on a firm footing,
Sometimes we cling to truth that we haven’t lived and proved. It’s just there in our brain.
Information about God and heaven that gives us the warm fuzzies.
We don’t understand that God’s words are so powerful that even a mere intellectual grasp of God’s plan can encourage our hearts.
We have ourselves an “intellectual blanky.” You know what I mean. I have grandchildren who can’t go anywhere without their “blanky,” their security blanket.
Some people write a date and time in the front of their Bible when they raised a hand, walked an aisle and prayed a prayer. But nowhere does Scripture teach that those steps should give us assurance of our salvation or security.
We have misled and been misled.
A pursuit of God such as taught in 2 Peter 1.1-11, however, will bring assurance.
Think about it this way: Live as if God and eternity are real and the reality of God and eternity will grow in your heart.
You can have all the facts, but if you are not living as if God is there then you just have an intellectual grasp that will fail you in daily living and collapse when the rain and wind come.
Throw away the “blanky” and live the truth.
Walk with God and he will surprise you with moments of amazement.
