3rd June, 2019
ZEALOUS PURSUIT
David Abankwah
READ: 2 Peter 1:5-7
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
-Proverbs 21:21 | KJV
To pursue is to follow and try to catch or capture (someone or something) for usually a long distance or time. Zealous is the feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person or cause. As a believer, there are things you have to pursue in your walk of faith and your race of eternal life and do away with things that will stop your advancement. As you zealously pursue after righteousness and mercy, diligence, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience godliness, brotherly kindness and charity which Apostle Paul stressed out in 2 Peter 1:5-7 will be added up to you.
One thing we need to realise is that, the Christian life we practise here is the same life that we will repeat when we live with Jesus. The life of Jesus Christ should not be different from ours at all. That is why we have to do away with the sinful nature and its actions in order to be perfect and thoroughly furnished unto every good work. Paul puts it that, we have to have the mind of Christ. You see, the mind controls the body and it is the faculty for repentance. Repentance simply mean: change what you think about. So if you are able to change the sinful and iniquity thoughts, then you will begin to live the Christ kind of life.
If you fail to repent, then you will have problems and subsequent failure will follow suit in your pursuit after righteousness and mercy which are the two great things every believer must zealously pursue to become a Christian. The gap between you and righteousness who is Jesus Christ is a very long one and you have to catch up before you die or before He comes the second time. Without the right mindset and determination, you will fail and fail and fail again. You will see these believers quoting certain Scriptures to defend themselves from failing to pursue righteousness and mercy.
For those of us who use Proverbs 24:16 which says: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again… as a quote to comfort themselves for their inability to stop sinning should stop. How many times have you fallen? Isn’t it more than seven? That Scripture was referring to the prophecy of Jesus Christ. It was talking about the number of times he would fall carrying the cross to Calvary. Adopt the right mindset that, whatever the price is in this pursuit, I will pay it in order to catch up with Jesus Christ and be like Him in word and in action. After that, work till you achieve what you have just declared.
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David Abankwah 