"His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness"
2 Peter 1:3

There's a promise you can stand on. All things that pertain to life and godliness. What else is there? Nothing. At least not for God's chosen people. That's all there is for us. Everybody alive has a life---it's the things that make up who we are; what we do day in, day out, where we go, how we do those things, who we do them with, etc. etc. And then those of us who Peter referred to as "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession" in his first letter (1 Peter 2:9) have something on top of that life to think about: godliness. Those are the two components of a Christian's existence---life and godliness---and God has given as all things that deal with them.

It's great that we can even hope to have "all things that pertain" to our existence, but how much more blessed a reality is it that God has given all those things to us! We don't have to go searching for them, we don't have to go about laboring to obtain them, we don't have to wait til we are "good enough"; He simply grants them to us. The "all things" that Peter is talking about is part of the salvation package. When a person is born again of the Holy Spirit (see John 3), they aren't merely saved from hell. That is only the beginning of the deal, not even the best part! These "all things" are included in Christ's purchase. Christ's death on the Cross did soooooooo many things for us. It purchased for us grace and faith and righteousness and sanctification and lots of other things that a small blog post doesn't have the time to go through. But, all of those things he purchased for us are then granted to us in "His divine power" and they all pertain to our lives here on earth and our pursuit of godliness in this life. We need nothing else. Christ's sacrifice was, is, and will always be SUFFICIENT. Amen.