29 NOV 23 Wednesday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“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 call you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9
I often ponder the relationship that God has with Israel and why he is selective in choosing people to be his possession. If you look back in the Old Testament, you find people who aren’t too smart or big, just nobodies in the world. If there were a bunch of kids on the playground and you were choosing players for the team, they would not be on yours. They didn’t bring anything to the table that would warrant attention from other nations or even God.
But God. God has made plans so detailed that it will blow your mind. Most of the world can’t deal with the fact that God created our world, the stars, the planets, the solar systems, and the universe. He chose to put life on this planet and sustain it even putting a creature that is made in his image above all other creatures. Humans are the only creatures on earth that can be in an eternal relationship with God. That is being very selective and people even in the church get offended by this.
Israel was chosen by God to be his people, he will be their God, and he expanded that people group when Jesus came by adding Gentiles from every nation, tribe, and tongue. God decided to do this before the world was created knowing that he would save some and not all. The same way he chose Israel initially, is the same way he chooses who will be his today. It is his secret will and no one comes to faith or is saved without him deciding who that is. We do not bring anything to the table that will make his team better.
His mercy and grace are amazing; he would pull us out of darkness and into his marvelous light. Peter says that knowing and understanding this will give a passion to worship him and share this good news with others. While we do not know who his people will be, we do know his lost sheep are out there ready to be found. We need to get busy doing search and rescue.
Have you been brought into the fold of the family of God?
Daily Reading: Psalm 119: 145-176; Obadiah 15-21; 1 Peter 2:1-10; Matthew 19:23-30
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