Daily Devotional

May 21st 2025

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WEDNESDAY

But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do His work and speak out for Him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference He made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.—I Peter 2:9, 10 (MSG)

Being a Christian tells us what Jesus thinks about us. Regardless of our trouble, we know that we are precious in His sight; that He loves us. His love makes life worthwhile; His love gives us a special identity that no one can take away from us.
Being a Christian means that He has ownership of us; it means that He’s in charge. When trouble comes into our lives, we don’t have to do anything; we can just be still and let God fight our battles. When you mess with God’s property, sooner or later, you’re going to have to deal with the Owner. We’re weak, but the Owner is strong; we don’t have much, but the Owner has everything; we have no power, but the Owner has all power.
Being a Christian means is that we are accountable. Being a part of God’s priesthood means that we have been set apart. By responding to the call of Christ in our lives we have undertaken a new purpose for our living, and we are accountable to our purpose. Accountability means heeding the word of the Master to, “I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).”
We have been chosen, called out, given God’s mark of ownership. But all of that has been done so that we can accomplish His end. And the end He wants us to accomplish is found in the last part of the verse, “to tell others of the night-and-day difference He made for you.”
Being a Christian means that we ought to praise Him everywhere we go, for He is truly worthy of our praise.

Prayer: Lord, as we go today help us to be Christians; help us to speak Christ, to inject Christ into every aspect of our actions and interactions; help us to declare the praises of Christ, who has called us from darkness to the wonderful Light. In His name, we pray. AMEN!

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