Tuesday 18 Sep 2012

Tuesday Reading: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Key Verse: 1 Peter 2:10
10  Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Devotion:
It is amazing to read through God’s Word and be reminded in so many places about How God chose the Israelites to be His people so that He could show the whole world that He is indeed God and that His promises will remain throughout time. It is not just in the writing at the time that they were chosen nor just in the latter times but rather throughout history that we see this promise being mentioned, upheld and promised. This is because we worship a God that does not change!

Our God is the same today as He was when He created the world. He continues to show us all His love and He has chosen to do this in a variety of ways so that we shall be able to understand that love. Through the creation of the world, through the punishment of sin, through the choosing of His people, through the saving all mankind who choose to believe to the creation of an eternal place for us to be with Him! God is great!

God has shown us a consistent love and support that He wants us not just to know, believe in and trust in, but that we can take with us and share with others. What good is the best gift in the world if we are not able to share it with others? God has shown us that He is willing to take the lowest and most defiled and raise them up to a position where they can be free from sin and free from that debt of sin. God has shown us that He is willing to forgive the most wicked people as long as they are willing to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came to earth to die for our sin, be raised up again to defeat that sin and to then join our Father in Heaven for eternity.

God chose the people of Israel for an example. They chose to ignore Him at times and had to pay for that offense. They chose to come back to Him at times and rejoiced in the happiness and love that they had during those times. He gave them the choice of following Him or rejecting Him. That same choice is what He lays down before us now as well. That choice that He gave us to even try ad provoke the Jews into jealousy so they would turn back to Him. God continues to use whatever circumstance He can to make us realise just how much He does love us and how that love has remained constant throughout time.

Points to Ponder:
Do you know what it is to love?

Do you know how much more God loves you?