A prayer for clarity by Meg Booker, read by Leah Martin.

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge

of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.

Okay, chirp the receptionist will order you six months for the left-ice prescription

and six months for the right-ice prescription.

And in that moment, I realized I'd been wearing my contacts in the wrong eyes for most of the summer.

Right before 2020, my age-old prescription had finally changed, but for most of 2020 I'd worn

my glasses. I had forgotten both my eyes were no longer remedied by the same prescription.

It was no wonder I felt slightly cross-eyed a lot of the summer.

It's hard to see clearly without the right prescription.

It's still hard to see with the right prescription in the wrong eyes.

Simon Peter wrote his second letter to the church later in his life to encourage and instruct

Christ followers in how to live a godly life.

Because God has given Christians all they need to become spiritually mature, the NIV

biblical theology study Bible explains, they must actively pursue spiritual maturity

if they expect to receive a rich welcome into God's eternal kingdom.

Peter was one of the three who witnessed the transfiguration of Christ.

He was in Jesus' close circle of friends. He knew what it meant to follow the shepherd.

He knew it wasn't just enough to know about Jesus.

For those early church members and us today, spiritual warfare wages to distract and confuse us.

Peter knew it would be important then as it is to us now to live our lives as a reflection of God's glory.

How do we do that?

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