Divine Nature

"Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."

2 Peter 1:4

Yahweh has given us so many precious promises.  Through what?  Look back to the last verse--through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.  We participate in the divine nature, we mystically become part of Him, by simply understanding just how great He is.  By having the true knowledge of that.  Knowledge really is power!

"Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God..."

Reception, belief, true knowledge--all these things go hand in hand.  What it means to have a renewed mind (Ephesians 4:23) and realize just how well you already know Him!  It's comforting to know that you are a daughter, or that you are a son.

God's promises give us the power of participation, the power of holy pleasure.  There is a belonging in the family of God, in the nature of God.  It's just as natural as could be. (1 Cor. 15:46 and context)

I've been praying for two major things for a while now.  One, that I would feel the way my Heavenly Father feels about every situation, and two, that everything I say would be soaked in His Love.  These are just a small facet of the divine nature.

See, when you are partaking of His promises, in His goodness, the temptations of the world "grow strangely dim".  The burdens, the sorrows, the sin--all those things can be swallowed up (1 Cor. 15:54).  They can lose their place in your awareness and in your mind.

You are free to be free, you are free to be constantly joyful, you are free to never worry again.  You are free to be like Jesus was on the earth (1 John 4:17), always experiencing perfect love.  In 2016, let's all tap into that.