Tuesday 15 May 2018

May 15: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Key Verse: 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Devotion:
Of all of the things in the universe, God chose us! He chose us to be the best of the best. He chose us to be in His image, to be like Him. If that does not set us apart from anything else, then nothing can! But more than that… He gave us the ability to know who He is and He gave us a choice to make; that choice being either to believe the truth about what happened, or to try and think up some fantastical story about how we came to be just so we can be by ourselves. When we look at the astronomical odds against the random chance of life evolving we must come to the conclusion it is easier for me to win the lottery every week for a few months than it is for life to evolve in a world where it is breaking down (and I don’t even buy lottery tickets!)

He has chosen us to be the ones who have the intelligence to work out He is God. He has chosen us to be the ones who will carry His name forward so we may tell one another of our Great and Awesome God. He allowed us to be born into a dark and helpless world but gave us the foreknowledge to be able to seek out the truth and light. He has not forced this truth on us but has given every one of us the choice as to what we want to believe. When we are born into this world, we think we are a people, we think we are of various races, we think we are countrymen… and yet we do not act like it!

Should not men help men? Should they not be free to help one another? Should we not have the choice to be able to give help when and where it is needed? Why then do people hold us back and force us to make choices about whether we should follow them or do God’s will? The answer is simple – lust of the eyes, lust of the heart and lust of the spirit. When we do not see God’s Light, we come up with all manner of things. We create an artificial light because we see the need for a light. That light can never compare to God’s light, but it may be the only light some are ever introduced to – spread the true light today, allow people to see the real light, the Gospel Light…

Points to Ponder:
How often do you try and tell the truth?

How often do you show others the Gospel Light?