God Chose You
But
God chose you to be his people. You are royal priests. You are a holy nation.
You are a people who belong to God. All of this is so that you can sing his
praises. He brought you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were
not a people. But now you are the people of God. Once you had not received
mercy. But now you have received mercy.
Dear
friends, you are outsiders and strangers in this world. So I'm asking you not
to give in to your sinful longings. They fight against your soul. People who
don't believe might say you are doing wrong. But lead good lives among them.
Then they will see your good works. And they will give glory to God on the day
he comes to judge.
1 Peter 2:9-12
Looks
are deceiving on the outside. It is the insides of us that God cares about. He
chose us to be His.
All
of us can be unlikely sources when it comes to the beauty of Jesus flowing out
of us. But that is how He planned it. Common people like you and I take turns
on the stage of life in front of the world’s skeptical audiences. We are to
show the love God has for us and the love we have for God and our Savior Jesus
Christ. Jesus has to be in our lives for others to see that.
The beauty of Jesus may come from
the
most unlikely sources.
Our Daily Bread –