You Can't Have One Without The Other

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. II Peter 1:1-11 (KJV)

Some of the statements I am about to make seem very simple, but the truth lies in their simplicity. I encourage you to ponder and meditate on each one.

• We can’t have the salvation of God without the God of Salvation.

• We can’t have the peace of God without the God of Peace; the Prince of Peace.

• We can’t have healing without the Healer.

• We need the God of Love to experience and walk in the love of God. We have to know that God is love in order to receive and give love.

• We must have the God of Faith to have the faith of God.

• To have the power of God, we must first have the God of Power.

• We must have the Giver, then we’ll have His gifts.

• We must know the Singer to become singers of His songs.

• We must know God to have real knowledge of God.

• We can’t have real victory without the Victor.

• We must have the Word of God to receive a word from God.

• We must find God to find ourselves.

• We can’t find our way without knowing the Way, Jesus.

• To live, we must have The Life, Jesus.

• To know truth, we must have The Truth, Jesus.

We often get the cart before the horse, so to speak. We must have a personal relationship with the Lord in order to receive anything from Him. We try to do it backwards. Let’s commit to pursuing God above all else- and the results will be exactly what we want and need.