Devotion:
Read 1 Peter 2:9-10.
This passage is filled with so much, that it’s hard to gather it into a short devotional. Peter uses wording from Exodus 19:5–6, where God told the children of Israel, “if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people.” What an astonishing revelation is contained within this simple yet profound verse of Scripture. But in this New Testament book, written to a primarily Gentile audience, Peter applies it to those “who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” Peter is making it clear that Gentile believers are also God’s chosen people. We have the great honor of praising Him here on earth and on into eternity. We have been delivered from a spiritual darkness of sin, and misery.
As Christians we have a special place in God's unfolding plan. We are born into the family of God and have become a new creation through spiritual birth, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are an elect body and have come into the kingdom of God's beloved Son. We have been made heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ by faith. We have been given the Holy Spirit .We are individual members of Christ's Body and collectively are to testify of and proclaim the Good News of His new Covenant.
Personal Worship Option:
Pray this prayer: Thank You Father for including me as one of your chosen servants. Enable me, with the power of the Holy Spirit to be a good and faithful witness to You in my earthly walk. May You be glorified with my life, and in all that I say and do. AMEN.
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