In 2 Peter 1:4, we find an amazing phrase that raises us into the heavens … we are given the precious promise that we may, “participate in the divine nature.” If you read yesterday’s devotion you know that does not mean we become God – not going to happen. There is a vast difference between the All-Sufficient One, Creator of all things, and the things He created!
It does, however, mean that as Adam was made in the image of God, so we too by the power of God’s Spirit are made in the image of our LORD and Savior, Christ Jesus (the Second Adam).
As God is love, so are we. As God is true and good, so are we. But there is even more glory contained in those five little words.
We have been made members of the body of Christ. As in the natural body, the same blood that flows in the head flows through the body. The same life that raised Christ from the dead, resurrects us. We are made alive in His divine nature. How this all works is beyond my human finite comprehensive. That it does work is testified to by the Spirit of God in me.
Should that not cause us to reflect His divine nature in every action of our life? Should not those who are around us see the “Jesus in me?” Should that not cause us to fall to our knees in worship?
When I consider such things, I always come back to the thought, “Why me, God? Why would you call me to Your side, knowing what I am?”
I don’t know the answer to that question any more today than I did 50 years ago. But I love my LORD more every time I ask the question. Amen.
