Treasured Possession

 Guest Blog by Gary Riedel

S - SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a
people for His treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

O - OBSERVATION: Wow! That is one beautiful verse in a book of the Bible people may not often read. God has chosen us, holy not by our own merit or design, but by God’s plan and design. Not of our own doing, but because Jesus shed His Holy Precious Blood for us. Because we believe in Him and trust in Him by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are His treasured possession by grace through faith alone! When you read and study the entire Bible you find the “more” our Pastor always tells us about.

A - APPLICATION: Because God has invested so much in us, what does He want in return? I think of two things, one, He wants our whole heart, First Commandment “Thou shall have no other God before me.” God wants to be number one in our lives, after all He is the reason for our existence, and He gives us every good and perfect gift. Number two, 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. This verse sounds much like the one from Deuteronomy, but it has a mission for us attached to it; “that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out darkness into His marvelous light.” We are to proclaim the name of Jesus!

P - PRAYER: Oh Father, You are so good to us, You made us Your own, You sent Jesus for us, help us Lord to respond with faithful love and a desire to serve You and share Your Word.  In Jesus Name, Amen

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