A rafting guide in Zimbabwe once told a group heading down the Zambezi's Class 8 rapids exactly what to do when, not if, their raft flipped: stay in the rough water, because the calm water near the banks is where the crocodiles wait. Stephen Davey uses that image to open 2 Peter 1:3-4, where the apostle reminds struggling believers that God has already granted them everything they need for life and godliness — not a ribbon to admire, Davey says, but a permanent royal grant meant to be switched on and used. Peter calls God's promises "precious and very great," the kind that reshape a believer's appetites and associations from the inside out, and describes escaping sin's grip not as gritted-teeth avoidance but as genuine freedom. The takeaway lands with force: God doesn't give us what we can handle — He empowers us to handle what we've been given.
Rafting on Whitewater
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