23/06/2026
WEEKLY DEVOTION
ADD TO YOUR FAITH
By Pst Kasanda
2 PETER 1:5-7
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. (KJV)
In the language of the KJV and its revised translations like the NKJV, the believer is expected to add to his faith vital qualities or characters that translate into being fruitful in Christ. Before we delve into understanding what it means to “add to your faith”, it's important to note the gravity of the instruction. Apostle Peter says to give all diligence. There is some rolling of our sleeves that's required. It's not child's play or kids’ stuff.
The word “diligence” as used here is the Greek word, “spoudē” which means earnestness in accomplishing something. It also means to interest oneself most earnestly in something. This means spiritual growth will not fall on us accidentally. There must be some earnest chasing after growth. We don't approach it casually; we strive after it. It's already powerful to say be diligent but it's all the more striking to say “give all diligence”. It means to give it whatever it takes.
If you look at the text carefully, you will notice there was a reason for this instruction. Apostle Peter didn't just say, “Guys, give all diligence” rather he first gave us the why “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith”. The reason why we are to give all diligence to add to our faith is because we have been given all that pertains to life and godliness.
Therefore, there's a SUPPLY already and it's so rich that, that's all we will ever need for life and godliness. How did that supply come to us? Through the knowledge of Him who called us to glory and virtue. That is, through the knowledge of Christ - by our union with Christ. The implication of this is that we have received the divine nature and have escaped the corruption that's in the world. That is, when he says we have the divine nature, he is just showing what 'all that pertains to life and godliness' means. It means we have received His nature and have been delivered from the corruption in the world.
This truth and reality is the basis for the instruction to add to our faith. We are not to start chasing growth as though it's something beyond our reach. The reason we are to grow up in Him is because we are in Him and have all things in Him. We are not empty vessels seeking to become something apart from what He's made us.
Our growth is based on His supply - what we have and who we are in Him. We are partakers of His divine nature. We have been richly supplied all things in Him! This was made available to us by His divine power; not our human efforts. It's the riches of His cross found in earthen vessels. You know, this should cause and stir up much rejoicing. It's something to shout and sing about. It should add some spring to your steps. It should inspire confidence, courage and a sense of completeness. Much more, it should cause us to give all diligence to add to our faith. It should cause us to desire and strive for growth. Beyond excitement; it should inspire devotion. Armed with the fact that I carry God's nature on the inside.
CONFESSION: I have the nature of God in me, I'm full of faith and his spirit, Christ is spiritual in me and full of his word.
Youth In Christ
