“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.” 1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)
The Apostle Peter's first letter was sent to those who had believed in Christ and were living in the area called Anatolia Asia Minor which is mostly in modern day Turkey. He wanted to remind them what a great privilege they had. By His mercy God established a people for His possession, a people to call His own. God has been merciful to all of us just as He was to the people whom Peter was writing. Whatever our personal background we must all admit that without the love of God we would never come to see the true light. We were living in a darkness but by believing in Jesus we have seen a great light and we are now a people belonging to God with all the abundant blessings. We no longer are bound to the darkness that binds those of this world but we have been called to be in His marvelous light. Our response is that we praise Him as we continue to learn through what His light reveals to us, each day. Let us declare his praises and proclaim the excellencies He reveals to us today.
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