What Are You Looking For

2 Peter 3:10-14

            In this great chapter Peter is expounding upon the truth of the second coming of Christ. Yes, there will be scoffers, but God always keeps His promises. We don’t need to think about if He’s coming, we need to think about what His coming means.

           Peter asks this question, “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness”. The fact is, since Jesus is coming back, it should cause to act a certain way.

           He then gives us that way in which we should live, “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.”

        We are told to be found in peace. This could refer to the peace found in salvation, namely, peace from God. However, he is already speaking to Christians, so this doesn’t seem to to be the case. This, then, is likely a reference to peace of God. The peace that keeps our “hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7).

          We are told to be without spot and blameless. I put these together because Peter gives these together in contrast to what he had previously written about the ungodly false teachers in chapter two. “Spots they are and blemishes” (2 Peter 2:13). Without spot refers to the way we live; in other words, living in right standing with God and by the Word of God. Blameless refers to how we are perceived by others, having a godly reputation- as opposed to those who are ungodly.

            Peter also says that we should do these things diligently. We must work at this; it won’t happen on its own. The flesh will strive towards the things of the world and the Spirit will pull us toward Christ (Romans 7). If we are not diligent about feeding, and not grieving (Ephesians 4:30), the Spirit, our flesh will eventually win us over and sin will take place. When we are living in sin, we stop resting in the peace of God, we cease to be spotless, and we are potentially no longer blameless before the world.
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                So, the question is, what are you looking for? If we’re simply looking to get by in the shadows without the world knowing who we are- we won’t care about diligence. However, if you genuinely believe that Christ is going to return, and you are looking for that day- it should spur us to be diligent about the way we live our lives.