Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Peter 1:2 (New Living Translation)

May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.

Peter is writing to Christians—those who share the same precious faith as Peter, faith in Jesus.

Peter wants his fellow followers of Christ to have more peace in their lives. The path to peace that Peter describes comes through knowledge of God and Jesus.

Peace—an emotional well being—comes through knowledge—something in the brain. At least peace and knowledge seem that way to me.

Want more peace? Read more Bible. Want more peace? Talk to God more (prayer). Want more peace? Sit quietly and listen. For me, write more about God as that causes me to listen more to God. For others, music and Godly lyrics brings listening to God. For others, there are other things that cause listening to God and knowing God more.

Each of us should seek the thing that helps us listen to God, to grow in knowledge of God and Jesus. That thing will probably change as our lives change. Change with it.

Want more peace? Do what helps grow in the knowledge of God. Please God, help me to do so.