October 13, 2022
1 peter 2:9, “You are a holy nation and His own special people”.
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The new auspicious word of the Lord, is taken from the book of 1 peter 2:9, “You are a holy nation and His own special people”.
My dear children of God, today Jesus is looking at you and saying that you are his children. What joyous news this is. Just think about it for a moment. Instead of saying that you are a President’s relative, or a Prime Minister’s or a Chief Minister’s son or daughter, how great it would be to associate yourself as the child of the creator of the whole universe. You are a child of God. You are bought by His own blood. He has therefore given you the privilege of calling him Abba Father. What else could be better, in the world, than this relationship? Some might say, Though I have my husband, I live like a widow. Though I have my parents yet I live like an orphan. In case you are saying this, my dear children of God, today you must realize that God has given you the privilege of calling God as your Father, and so you are the children of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Since you have a father to care for you, hereafter you should not have any worries or fear of being alone. You should have faith and trust that you belong to Jesus. And that you are His special people. If you have such good thoughts in you, then your weariness and fear will disappear. And you will regain the confidence to move forward in life.
Not only that, you need to be a holy nation as the Lord your God is Holy. God is ever praised by the angels in heaven, as “Holy Holy, Lord God All Mighty.” Children of such a holy God should be a holy nation unto Him. So, to inherit the quality of being called a child of God you need holiness. So do good things in your life. Learn to live according to his precepts. Help people who are in need of help. Help those who are poor and needy with alms and goods. Being Holy is not a difficult thing. If you put it into practice, then it would be easy to live a life pleasing unto God. Avoid going to unnecessary places. Then you can save yourself from unnecessary troubles. Avoid speaking vain things. Always think that you are a divine child of God. Check yourself if you are doing the right thing.
In the Bible, we can see that God out of His own good will and desire made Saul the king of Israel but later God regretted having made him the king. His heart was hurt immensely. Because instead of asking God’s counsel. He went after a witch of Endor, as he wanted to use a medium to communicate with him from the dead prophet Samuel. God didn’t like his behaviour and was very disheartened. Likewise, God shouldn’t regret about you in this manner. He shouldn’t say, “Well I don’t know why I created him/her. Why did I purchase my child by shedding my precious blood? See to that you make the Lord happy always about yourself. From today there should be a change, in your looks, in your talk, in your practice of life, in your thought, in your belief, in your behaviour, then you will receive the grace of God, to be known as the children of God. Jesus will redeem you from darkness and sin, into his marvellous light, and gather you into his own relationship, as his own child.
When we take little steps to lead a Holy and acceptable life before God, He will begin to intervene and do great things for you.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, thank you for speaking to us through the verse “You are a holy nation and His own special people”. We humbly submit ourselves before You. I pray and bless my children that they may, not speak words of unfaithfulness and the Holy Spirit will also guide them to lead a life pleasing to you. You said, “If you believe you shall see the glory of God.” Let them say “Jesus is my Father ’every moment of their life and let their strong faith in Jesus, cause many miracles to happen in their lives.
In Jesus Name We Pray.
Amen.
