Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8
We can spend lots of time on self-improvement. We exercise and watch our diets to improve our physical health. We read books to help us better understand other people and to improve our own attitudes. We do volunteer work to improve our image. We vacuum the sanctuary after church. All this being said, we may not become who God has designed us to be.
Yet, here Peter sets out what our true goal should be - to be useful to our Lord. This is a self-improvement program worthy of our efforts. Give it a try.
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