Everyone ever born has a wonder of spiritual things! Eternality is the subject that has always been at the core of all belief systems, whether you believe in Eternal Life or not...Eternality has always been at the core of what we base life on and our “philosophies” about life, whether we acknowledge it or not. There is a SIGNIFICANT reason that we all have this “wonder”! This is one of the many things God has knit into our being so that we will have every opportunity to know the TRUTHS about the Eternality of life and become aware of the things that have infected the world with the corruption that seeks to rob us of spending Eternity with God in Heaven/“perish”! (2Peter1:3-4 “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”) God has given everyone, everything we need to have so that no one will miss the opportunity to know TRUTHS about life, especially the Eternality of life and how God desires that not a single person would die and spend Eternity in Hell (2Peter3:9”The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”). This is THE WHY that our common enemy, the devil and his minions, seek to influence our hearts and minds as we deal with Eternality of Life intersections of thought and behavior in our life. These intersections become increasingly significant, because the decisions we make at them determine where we eventually end up! It is at these life intersections that we make all sorts of large and/or small decisions where we choose to be guided by the TRUTHS that God has given us for our own GOOD, or choose to accept ideas & philosophies about life that veer us away from Absolute TRUTHS and lead us away from the only TRUE FAITH that is the ONLY paradigm for life that lead to the Eternal Securities that GOD’S awesome love so desperately desires for us to have. These intersections are where we make the choices about how we think; who&what we love; how we love; how we treat others; & most importantly what we rely on as TRUE KNOWLEDGE and BASIS FOR LIVING & LIFE! So,after Peter says the above, he tells us how to be careful about what happens at these INTERSECTIONS we all face->Peter says “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”. Peter is in essence saying that the ways we choose to respond to GOD’S TRUTHS will determine whether or not we have lives that truly have the “Grace and peace” that GOD desperately wants us to have (1Peter1:1-2. ”To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God (TRUTHS) and of Jesus our Lord.”). Peter is telling us that whether we acknowledge it or not, what we choose to do with GOD’S TRUTHS is indicated by how we think; who&what we love; how we love; how we treat others; & most importantly what we rely on as TRUE KNOWLEDGE/BASIS FOR LIVING & LIFE! We make all sorts of little and larger decisions every day that in some way are the true indicators of the intersection decisions we are making as we “traffic through” every day we live. These will either keep us on the path that leads to GOD’S Grace and Peace through Christ..., or veer us away from the Grace and Peace that only Christ is THE SOURCE of! Dear Lord...I am so many times in every day making choices at these intersections in my life that are robbing me of Your Grace & Peace! I pray for this lesson in 2Peter1:1-8 to bear on my heart and mind as I “traffic through” today...and all my tomorrows!