As we wait we are to be found without spot or blemish.
How are we to be found without spot or blemish? That means we are to be perfect in everything we do, not succumbing to sin, or allowing ourselves to do things for personal gain, and always looking out for the other and loving like Jesus. Try as I might, that is not going to happen, because I am flawed and I can not do that all the time.
I do things for my own gain, and think about myself more than others sometimes. I do not look out for others and at times find it hard to show the love of Jesus. But Peter tells us, as he wrote here, “while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish;” Strive to live up to the scriptures and live out the love they show forth in your life. And be careful doing this. Peter urges, as also Paul wrote, that we strive to understand the scriptures and not twist them to our own understanding. “There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.”
The things that are hard to understand are not to be passed over, or worked out in our own minds. God will help us, if we can but turn to him. “You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” Do not be conformed into thinking you know what the Bible says and go off on your own, or after others simply because it sounds biblical. Discover for yourselves what God is saying in the Bible and pray that He guide you to the truth He has for you.
We on our own can not be without spot and blemish but with Him all things are possible.
Wonderful Savior, guide us in your love to seek your wisdom and strength in all that we do. And be with us this Advent and form us into your likeness. Amen.
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