Be Still And Know

2 Peter 1:5-7 When Peter wrote his letter, many of the people who received it were illiterate. So it was quite usual for instruction to be offered in the form of lists that could be easily remembered. The list that Peter provided here shows how determined he was to encourage his readers to grow in their Christian faith. He knew that growth wasn’t automatic; without our full cooperation and effort it just won’t happen. Growth as a Christian has to start with faith. Nothing will happen unless we commit ourselves to God and trust ourselves to him. The next steps on the journey don’t need to be taken in any particular order but they are all a vital part of spiritual growth. The Greek word that is translated as moral excellence is used in other settings to speak about land that is fertile, or a knife that cuts well. That is to say, God wants us to be the best that we can be. That will only happen as we grow in knowledge of God, ourselves and the world, and it will depend upon us being more self-controlle