Guest Blog by Gary Riedel
S - SCRIPTURE: 1Peter 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.
O - OBSERVATION: This has always been a special verse for me, God tells us we are chosen by Him, that we are part of the priesthood of all believers, a Holy people of His own possession! Wow! I would remind us that we are none of this by our own merit, but all of these by God’s gracious will and because of the sacrifice of His only Son Jesus. “But God shows His love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
A - APPLICATION: The last portion of this verse is the witness (our mission) portion and the acknowledgment of Who gets the credit for choosing us to proclaim the excellencies of Him Who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light. God chose us to be His witness! What an incredible honor, how could we not give this calling from God our best effort!
P - PRAYER:Gracious Father, May we always remember it was You who chose us to share Jesus with the world! Please help us in our human weakness to do Your bidding so that all might come to the knowledge of the truth. In Jesus Name, Amen
Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash
No comments:
Post a Comment