You Are A
Chosen Race,
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all
malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn
infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into
salvation – if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Come to him, a living stone, though
rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and like living
stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy
priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ. For it stands in scripture: “See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a
cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes in him will not be put to
shame.” To you then who believe, he is precious; for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,”
and “A stone that make them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They
stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the
mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
What would happen if you did not have
your Bible to refer to? What would happen if it were not available for so long
that your children and their children never knew what it was? What would happen
if you did not know you were a chosen child of God? How would you view life,
and death?
Without access to God’s Word, we lack
wisdom for life and the message of eternal life in Christ. We would not receive
the value of the Word to our lives. We would not know we were put here to
glorify God. But we do have God’s Word, so share it. Without a heart for God,
we cannot hear His word.
Our Daily
Bread – January 21, 2007