Gedanken zum Vers des Tages
Wir wurden auserwählt, Mitglieder in Gottes Team zu sein – und wir wurden als Erste gewählt. Wir nehmen eine wichtige Rolle in der Entwicklung der Weltgeschichte ein. Unsere Aufgabe besteht darin, das Lob Gottes denen zu verkünden, die ihn nicht kennen, damit sie sein wunderbares Licht finden und ihre Welt der Dunkelheit verlassen können.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Excluded. Rejected. Discarded. Abandoned. Forgotten. Pushed aside. Never picked. Each of these describes what it feels like to be a nobody. The evil one gives our sinful flesh the tools and the opportunities to speak these words of self-condemnation to ourselves. God, however, has extended his mercy and grace to us. "But now…" — two of the greatest words of hope when God is attached. "But now" we can trust that God has loved us in Christ, brought us into his family, and given us a purpose. We are now part of the people of God! We have been chosen to be part of the victorious team of teams. We have received mercy! Grace has washed over us, and God's love has adopted us into his family. Peter is reminding maligned and persecuted believers that they can choose to see themselves as "nobodies," or they can choose to see themselves by their new, God-shaped identity. Peter's words speak to our hearts, too. You, dear friend in Jesus, are God's child. You are part of his eternal and conquering people — like Moses, Esther, Paul, and Mary Magdalene. Mercy has reversed the power of sin and failure in your life and has graciously given you a new identity, empowered by the Holy Spirit's presence. Live today as you now are in Jesus: one of God's special people who "declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light" (1 Peter 2:9).
Mein Gebet
Oh großes Licht der ewigen Hoffnung, ich preise dich und danke dir dafür, dass du mich in dein Volk aufgenommen hast. Mögest du mich jetzt bewegen und befähigen, dein Evangelium mit anderen zu teilen, damit die Welt wahrhaftig erkennen kann, dass Jesus der Herr ist. Im Namen meines Heilandes, Jesus, bete ich. Amen.
My Prayer...
O Father of mercy and God of all grace, thank you for making me part of your people, with a divine purpose for my life. In Jesus' name, I thank you. Amen.
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