Special Possession
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." — 1 Peter 2:9-10 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, This is one section of Scripture that leaps off the page upon reading it. In two verses, Peter makes both a stark contrast and a stunning declaration. The stark contrast: There was a time when I was lost in complete darkness, fumbling for my way as I headed toward destruction of my own making. I lacked any meaningful identity and I was without mercy, destined for the eternal death that I deserved. But God... But God found me, chose me, and called me out of that inescapable darkness and rescued me into His marvelous light. Now I'm no longer "no people", now I'm among the people of God....