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. But God two of the greatest words in the Bible loved us in Christ and brought us into his family and gave 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 in his family. Peter is giving maligned and persecuted people the reminder that they can choose to see themselves as nobodies or they can choose to see themselves by their new identity. Thankfully, Peters words speak to our hearts, too. You, dear friend in Jesus, are Gods 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 and put grace in place empowered by the Holy Spirits presence in you. So dont live today as you once were: live today as you are in Jesus!
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 13:33:30 +0000
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