July 29

2 Peter 3:14 (NIV84)
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

Sometimes we need a snap back to reality because we indulge a little too much. When we were young, it was our parents that gave us the “reality check”, but we are adults now. Who is there to bring us back to living like we are the people of God? That is not to say that we shouldn’t have fun or be able to have a great time, but you know what I am talking about, those boundaries that we sometimes push and know that we shouldn’t go there, but we do. At times it is about a “partying” mentality and at other times it is about letting yourself go, saying what you want, and still other times it is about ignoring what you are being ask by God to do in favor of “nothing”. It is this chapter and those like it that give us a check up because the reality of this fleeting life that will be over sooner than we think and eternity when the day of God’s redemption and wrath will come, helps us “re-adjust” our life path. Make every effort to do what you are called to do, knock out those things that are keeping you from that, those non-sense actions, and live in peace with God, which is difficult when you are pushing the boundaries of what you know to be right.

Look forward to the day when God burns up the earth and heavens to create new ones for us as in a cheerful expectation. Not only that, but look forward to it as in keep it in sight. It is helpful to keep us on the right track.