“[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our
knowledge of Him who called us by 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”
2 Peter 1:3,4
Potential is determined and released by the demands made on it
by its creator. These demands are based on the design and the components
the manufacturer uses to create the product.
God has designed you to release and maximize your potential.
But this is possible only when you are related to your Source. Apart
from its source, a product cannot know what it’s supposed to be or
how it was designed to act.
When you became a Christian, God changed your name. He
said, “I know you aren’t acting like My child, but you are My child.
The mess you’re in is just a temporary condition. Now that your
spirit and My Spirit are reconnected, I can work in you so that your
behavior can catch up with your nature. Who you’ve been is not who
you are.”
When God created human beings, He intended that we should
share His divine nature. That is still His intent, even though sin has
covered over that nature. If we operate according to God’s nature, we
will escape all the temptations and the pressures that come against
us in our daily lives. God designed us to be holy and good and forgiving,
because they are characteristics of His nature, and we share
that nature. When we reconnect with God, we naturally have the
power to be all that He is.
Do you know what got Jesus into trouble with the religious
authorities? He was too natural! He didn’t keep all the rules and the
regulations by which the Jewish leaders judged spirituality, yet He
had the audacity to say, “God and I are tight.” Jesus naturally lived
from God’s perspective.
You are supposed to be naturally like your Source. God’s commands
do not require you to live supernaturally, but naturally. If you
are a Christian, your natural mode of operation is the same as God’s
because you came out of Him,
and the product always has the
nature of its source. That’s why
God is not impressed when you
keep your body free from drugs
and your mind free from impure
thoughts, or when you give generously,
or when you fast and
pray. God expects you to act and
think like He does because He is
your Source/Creator and you are
His child.
God’s commands
do not
require you to live
supernaturally, but
naturally.
