“Divine nature”

“And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.” 2 Peter 1:4

Verse Reflections:  We get to share in God’s divine nature.  There are many words I can use to describe myself and divine has never been one of them.  Just thinking of myself as having a divine (excellent, delightful, of God) nature makes me hold my shoulders a little straighter and expect better.  And this is exactly what this verse promises…  “We can escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.” I know it sounds extreme to some people to think of this in reference to eating but I am telling you, my overeating has corrupted me.  It causes me great emotional roller coaster rides from ridiculous anxiety to self-recrimination.  It causes me great physical stress from rewarding myself with over indulgence to punishing myself with starvation or purging.  I cannot win this corruption caused by my human desires.  I am excited by this beautiful knowledge that I can share in God’s divine nature and escape this roller coaster ride that has haunted me for decades.  It is working.  God shares His divine nature with me each morning when I read His verses, I just didn’t have the words for what was happening.  Let’s go eat God foods today with our divine natured selves!

Prayer:  Thank You Father for this promise that I can share Your divine nature.  I certainly will have to share it.  I’m not sure I can capture this quality on my own.  I will take this promise and use it to escape my human desires to eat and eat and eat.  I will claim this promise and use it to escape my own internal and external corruption.  Father free me from this battle.  Free me from waking up in the morning and planning my pig-out of the day.  Free me from thinking of butter and sugar combinations that delight me.  Transform this into a divine nature that delights in the roasted chicken, asparagus and other vegetables.  And I really do love these foods, I just need to change my nature to dreaming of, delighting in and considering them the excellent choices that I crave.  I am going to take these same divine words and think of my food as divine, of You.  Thank You Father for this plan for my life.  I am loving it.  You are making this journey successful.  Thank You for transforming me into a divine person craving divine foods.  Let’s go have a divine day today with our shared divinity.  Love you Lord.  Me.