In abundance.

Grace and peace in abundance.... Grace and peace in ABUNDANCE! Grace and peace be YOURS in ABUNDANCE through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Peter stopped me in my tracks this morning and I was barely even into it.... To say "grace and peace be yours in ABUNDANCE" is no small thing, and it is through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus Christ! If that is true, why aren't we constantly living in abundant grace and peace? What keeps us from that?

I wanted to look up the 'root' of the word "knowledge" because I am thinking the key might be there... WoW! I jumped over to Crosswalk to get the root, but to do that I have to first look at the verse in the New American Standard Version and it reads:

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

Love THAT!

So, back to "knowledge" ... That's what I thought.

Strong's Number: 1921
Browse Lexicon
Original Word
Word Origin
epiginosko
from (1909) and (1097)
Transliterated Word
TDNT Entry
Epiginosko
1:689,119
Phonetic Spelling
Parts of Speech
ep-ig-in-oce'-ko
Verb
Definition
to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly
to know accurately, know well
to know
to recognise
by sight, hearing, of certain signs, to perceive who a person is
to know i.e. to perceive
to know i.e. to find out, ascertain
to know i.e. to understand

I specifically love "To become thoroughly acqainted with, to know thoroughly."

Our grace and peace will continue to grow, and even into ABUNDANCE as we grow to know God and Jesus Christ more and more... that is just SO TRUE! How could it help but multiply in realizing, learning and having GOD HIMSELF write on our hearts who He really IS. Worthy of trust, fully loving and good, in complete control and GOSH those are just a few.

He is SO rich!

Anyhow, I just wanted to dive into that you with you a bit this morning. Lord, one little half of a verse and there is just so much of You. Draw us deeper and deeper into Your word, Father. Help us to stop and sit and think and talk to you about it and ask you about it when we are impacted by something you have spoken to us through your Word. There is SOOOO much of you to take in, thank you for the depths!!! Thank you for drawing us in.