Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
Excluidos, rechazados, abandonados, olvidados, apartados, no elegidos. Cada una de estas palabras describe un aspecto de sentirse como un don nadie, Satanás nos da las herramientas y la oportunidad para hablar estas palabas de auto condenación. Pero Dios nos ama en Cristo y nos acogió en su familia y nos dio un propósito. Ahora somos parte de las personas de Dios, hemos sido escogidos por el equipo ganador. Hemos recibido piedad, la gracia nos ha limpiado y Dios nos ha adoptado en su familia. Pedro les recuerda a las personas malignas y perseguidas que ellos pueden elegir verse como “don nadies” o pueden elegir verse con su nueva identidad. Gracias a Dios, las palabras de Pedro hablan nos hablan al corazón. Ustedes, queridos amigos en Jesús, son los hijos de Dios. Ustedes son parte de su pueblo eterno, como Moisés, Ester, Pablo y María Magdalena. La misericordia ha revertido el poder del pecado y la gracia ha aumentado por el Espíritu Santo en nosotros. Así que no vivas hoy como solías hacerlo, vive hoy como si estuvieras en Jesús
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Excluded. Rejected. Discarded. Abandoned. Forgotten. Pushed aside. Not picked. Each of these describes an aspect of feeling like you are a nobody. Satan 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…" are two of the greatest words of hope in the Bible. "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 for the victorious team of teams. We have received mercy! Grace has washed over us, and the love of God 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. Thankfully, 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. So don't live today as you once "were"; live today as you 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).
Mi oración
Oh Padre de piedad y Dios de toda la gracia, gracias por hacerme nuevo, tu hijo, parte de tu pueblo y gracias por darme un propósito. Por favor ayúdame a escuchar lo que tú piensas de mí y no lo que Satanás piensa. Por favor ayúdame a definir mi identidad con tus palabras y no las mías. Gracias por hacerme quien soy y por no ser lo que antes fui. En el nombre de Jesús, oro, Amen
My Prayer...
O Father of Mercy and God of all grace, thank you for making me new — your child and a part of your people, with a divine purpose for my life. Please help me hear your description of me and not Satan's. Please help me define my identity by your words and not my own words of self-condemnation. I thank you for who I am and that I am no longer bound by what I once was. In Jesus' name, I thank you. Amen.
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