GROW IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord” - 2 Peter 1:2.

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Until Christ is revealed to you, you remain in crises as a blind man.

In the Old Testament, there are three different types of burnt offerings to God. It is assumed that the rich brought offerings of young bulls (Leviticus 1:3), the middle class or the ‘not-so rich’ brought Sheep (Leviticus 1:10), and the low class or the poor brought turtledoves (Leviticus 1:14). Though it had different sizes and values, the different burnt offerings were all accepted as sweet aroma to the Lord (Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17). These burnt offerings speak of Jesus and His perfect work at the Cross. To bring a rich offering today means that you have a big revelation of Jesus and His finished work. To bring a not-so-rich offerings means that you have a smaller revelation of Jesus and His finished work at the cross. Whatever the size of the revelation you have about Jesus, however, God still accepts you just the same way because Jesus is the only measure of your acceptance before God. Meanwhile, God wants you to grow in your revelation of Jesus because your well-being hinges on it.

Before that First Passover Night, all the children of Israel had received the same Word of God: “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). But I believe that some households lived through that night trembling in fear as they heard the loud cries outside their homes, while other households rested in God’s Word; ate their Passover lamb and spent the night rejoicing in His protection, deliverance and love for them. But you see, as long as the households came under the blood, they were all saved, trembling or not. When they lacked the revelation of the power of the blood to save them from their destroyer, fear came in even though the blood availed for them. In the same vein, God doesn’t want you to struggle through trying times with fear, apprehension and stress. He wants you to enjoy and rest in a greater revelation of Jesus as your deliverer and salvation. In today’s text, God wants you to experience a multiplied grace and peace in your life. How? The text continues “…in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” The more knowledge of Jesus you have the more of His grace and peace you enjoy. The knowledge of God and the revelation about Jesus Christ you have, determines the level of trust you have in Him. Without doubt, trust in Jesus Christ.

INSTRUCTION:  Have a big revelation of Jesus

PRAYER: Lord, my confidence is in you; rise up and help me, in Jesus name.

QUOTE: The level of your revelation about Jesus determines the level of peace you enjoy!

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING; HAGGAI CHAPTER 3; EVENING: 1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER