“But you are God’s chosen treasure – priests who are kings, a spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience His marvelous light, and now He claims you as His very own. He did this so that you would broadcast His glorious wonders throughout the world. For at one time you were not God’s people, but now you are. At one time you knew nothing of God’s mercy, because you hadn’t received it yet, but now you are drenched with it!” – 1 Peter 2:9-10 (TPT)
What once was exclusively only for Israel is available to all those who believe in Jesus as their Lord and Saviour – God’s chosen treasure. A priesthood of people under the King of Kings, who have been brought into royalty because of the blood of Jesus. He is ours and we are His… we’ve been bought at a price that we could never pay on our own. His love was manifested on a cross, calling us out of the pit of darkness, a call that carries the burden for us and draws us into the Light of Christ.
We are children of the Light and representatives of Heaven to the world around us. We were made to live eternally in Heaven with God and bear His name. We bear the beautiful name of Jesus wherever we go.
“God is pure Light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in Him.
If we claim that we share life with Him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the Truth. But if we keep living in the pure Light that surrounds Him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.” 1John 1:5-7
So let’s hold His name with the greatest honour and live in the Light that He’s provided for us. Let’s run from the darkness that’s trying to bring us down and allow the living power of Jesus to change us into the advocates and representatives of Heaven that we truly are. Amen? Amen!
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