Devotion Corner

2 Peter 1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decrease to have these things always in remembrance.

Written in the closing years of his life, the Apostle Peter speaks as a man ready for his prophesied end. His words are not filled with reflection, regret, anger or fear. Instead, his words are calm and peaceful yet purposeful and determined. 

Peter’s desire in his fading days, is not to seek a gentle slipping away into the halls of eternity. He seeks to utilise his final hours in happy service of His Lord and Saviour by stirring up the brethren in their faith. As his eyes see the coming glory of Heaven with ever increasing sharpness of spiritual sight, Peter writes his epistle to cause us to remember why we love Christ Jesus. Not only this, but how we are to serve our precious Lord with an eager and diligent faith. A faith that reflects the glories of our heavenly home, a home that awaits our happy arrival in future days.

With our memory of how gracious the Lord is to great sinners as we now refreshed, we are emboldened to serve our Redeemer with eagerness, purpose, passion and joy! For we have been made partakers of Christ’s divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), all by His grace and righteousness. This is why we are to happily spend ourselves for Christ’s name’s sake. For it is by that name above all names, that we shall take our place in glory alongside Peter and countless others. Amen.