Good morning. This is from first Peter chapter 2: but you are a chosen race (generation), A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. You are chosen. You are not an accident. We ask ourselves, "why would He ever choose us?". "We haven't done anything to be worthy of being chosen." That's the good news. We don't have to do anything; we don't have to become anything. He chooses us based on what He knows we will believe and will become in our lives. We are also a priesthood – and not just some ordinary one – we are a royal one. And what do priest do? They offer sacrifices. Our sacrifices are not of animals, but of praise to Him. Just as He smelled the sweet aroma of the animal sacrifices in the Old Testament, He smells the sweet aroma of the offerings of our praise to Him. We are also a holy nation. The priest were not necessarily holy; but we are through Him. And why were we chosen - to proclaim His excellencies. After all, He called us out of the darkness we were in, into His marvelous light. We proclaim those excellencies not only in word but also through the lives we lead. When people see us walking in that marvelous light, they want to have that marvelous light in themselves. Father help the reader and me to walk in such a way that people will see Your marvelous light in our lives; and they will want to know more about You and to become a true believer themselves.

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