"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." 1 Peter 2:9-10 (ESV)
We are a chosen race, a chosen people.
There was a time when we were not. The time we hadn't received God's mercy. The time when all was dark and the emptiness filled your soul. No hope to be found anywhere...
The time that we needed a Savior.
We needed a light to show the out of the darkness of sin. Jesus Christ, the Savior, said 'I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.' (John 8:12)
Jesus was the One that called us out of that darkness. He is calling us into His light.
Now, if you have called upon Him to save you, accepted the love that He showed to us on the Cross, then you have received the mercy Peter was talking about. You have received God's mercy. You have stepped out of the darkness. You are following The Light.
Once we have the light and the love He gives, I know it's this way for me, it makes me want to show others. That said, it brings me to this:
We are now a people, God's people. As God's people, He gives us a mission, HIS mission. That mission? "GO therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," (Matthew 28:19) GO and teach. GO and show others the love shown on the Cross. GO and show others the excellence of Jesus and His light(1 Peter 2:9b).
That, is our mission. To teach, to love, to baptize, and to do the things our Father instructs us to do.
Once a people without hope, now a people with One Hope. Now a people sent to show others that hope. A people sent to show others The Way out of the darkness. To show them the One that will break their chains of sin from their hands.
~Teen Jesus Follower~
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