-March 12, 2025-
Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,
“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”
(Deuteronomy 14:2).
Israel was and God’s earthly people. They were both privileged and responsible to represent Him in this world. We as believers in Christ are His heavenly people; we are blessed even more.
You and me are special to the Lord Jesus for He loved us and gave Himself for us to bring us life eternal and abundant. He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. All things belong to us because we belong to Christ (See 2 Peter 1:3; 1 Corinthians 3:21-23).
Notice how special we are to our Savior in today’s verse, we are holy, chosen, and special to Him. We are so blessed above all the peoples of the earth; not because we are better than anyone else, but because we are saved by grace through faith in Christ.
• A holy people – Before we were saved were nothing resembling holy; we were lost, separated from God, dead in transgressions and sins, living for ourselves apart from God. Jesus died and shed His blood to bring us near God as His holy people.
Peter wrote, “But as He called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy’” (1 Peter 1:15-16). Living holy lives means we are separated from the world and set apart for the Lord.
• A chosen people – This is an amazing truth to consider that Christ would choose us in Christ before the foundation of the Lord. Jesus told His disciples John 15:16, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” We should never forget this in whatever we are going through.
• A special people – The Lord has made His special people, a special treasure. In 1 Peter 2:9-10 we read, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” We are special to the Lord. We are royalty because we are children of the God.
Let us rejoice in our position in Christ as a holy, chosen, special people. Because of this high position, let us lives for the Lord, by the Lord, and with Lord today and every day. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
Live like Christ in word and deed, for we are His people, of His holy seed.
Dean
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