Mulling over 2 Peter 1:3-11

The Harlem Shake is flooding my Facebook this morning and as I reflect on 2 Peter 1:3-11, in a mad way, I am starting to find a connection. In this crazy, disturbing dance, one person starts dancing and everyone ignores him. The words "Do the Harlem Shake" are spoken and everyone starts dancing. In my mind, this speaks to me. Sometimes on campus, I feel like we are dancing alone and everyone ignores us. I then wonder, or scramble around trying to find the magic words, the prefect strategy, the right words to pray, the key to make everyone dance too.

Today's verse, tells us that God is the Logos, intercessor, music that we dance to. 

"His 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. 4Through 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." In cell group on Friday, we talked about looking high and low for the key to enter a house; not realising that we are already in the house. God has called you (Christian students, staff) to be on campus. He has given you everything you need to have life and godliness, to be part of one another in love (divine nature) and escape evil desires. Our inclination in TSCF is towards having a heart for the world (Global Reach), a depth of knowledge, and biblical understanding (Deep Thought), individual integrity, and loving togetherness (Undivided Life) and in sharing lives with others in authentic and legit ways (True Witness). God is already playing out this tune on our campuses, we need to hear it and dance to it. Yet, dancing takes effort. How are we to move our bodies? Randomly or suggestively like in the Harlem Shake?  Peter tells us how to "keep from being ineffective and unproductive".  5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.  Unlike the graded performance required by our studies, these eight qualities lay dormant in us, requiring us to allow God to make them come alive and move. Faith and love, begin and end this dance sequence. In the between, in any order, we are asked to be intentional about being good (courageous in standing up for what is right), knowledgeable (about the things of God and the world while knowing it is a false dichotomy), self-controlled (dying to self daily), never giving up, godliness (practically obeying and being aware of God in everything) and being kind. The "nearsighted and blind person" is the one who ignores the tune and doesn't make the effort to stand up and dance. So when does everyone get up and celebrate and move to the tune? 10Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,11and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 1: 3-11 Peter says it is when we are welcomed into the eternal kingdom that is already here but not yet. Thanks for joining me in my musings... eh. now let's dance?