Section 7
strength of the inner life of the palm tree and to the riches of this life! When I looked at that palm tree recently, I had the sense that the divine life within me is far more energetic than the life of that palm tree. Praise the Lord that we have God's very life!
Along with the divine life, we also have the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). Although we cannot fully define the divine nature, we know that as God's children we partake of it and have it within us.
Every living thing acts according to its own nature. Everything it does comes out of its nature. For example, a peach tree produces peaches be cause it is in keeping with the nature of a peach tree to do so. As children of God all genuine Christians have the divine nature. This nature should govern and direct us. Everything in the Christian life is according to the nature of God. How wonderful that we have God's life with His nature!
SHINING AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD
As lights, or luminaries, the believers shine among those in this crooked and perverted gen eration. Actually, we have no light in ourselves; we are luminaries reflecting the light of the sun,