Partake and Participate

I am currently reading Believing God by Beth Moore. I am between Bible Studies, just finished Stepping Up and will be starting Daniel in September. I've wanted to do this Bible Study but haven't yet, so I'm reading the book. It is great! I find myself marking and highlighting in this book as if I'm working in my workbook! I wanted to share this verse with you because it seemed to jump out at me, especially this weekend! 2 Peter 1:3-4 says, "His divine power has given us everything we need for his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." That was the NIV version. Here is the New American Standard version. "Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." So that we may become PARTAKERS... So that through them you may PARTICIPATE... and ESCAPE the corruption that is in the world by lust. If we want to escape the corruption in this world, we have to participate in the things of God. Our sermon at church this week was titled, A Lustful Lesson! He shared with us that Jesus was talking about the intentions of our hearts. What is in our heart? What are we secretly holding on to? The sin is not the act itself, it begins in the heart. The sin can be anything that is pulling us away from God. God wants to bless us with His great, precious, and magnificent promises. He has given us everything we need, we just need to PARTAKE and PARTICIPATE! Lord, We want to receive your magnificent promises! We thank you that you have given us everything we need to escape the corruption of this world. Father, we know that you have a plan and a purpose for our life. We seek your Will for our lives. We want to know you more. We want to Partake and Participate in the things of your Kingdom. We thank you for your Word and for your knowledge. Thank you, Lord, for loving us. We love you, In Jesus' Name, Amen.