“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9 CSB)
Christians are God’s chosen people. This is not because we are somehow better than all the rest of the people in the world. It is because we chose Him. God chooses those who choose Him. In that sense, we are the chosen people of God, and God has a purpose for us. Our purpose is that we might proclaim or declare His praises to a world that gropes in the darkness.
One of the praises we declare is freedom. God has called us out of the darkness of lostness and sin, and we have responded in faith by accepting His call to move into the light. The light of God lights the pathway for us, so that we now know how to live life in freedom from the tyranny of the domination of sin and darkness. It is a great freedom to have, and God has provided it to us. We declare this praise to the world.
Another praise we declare is fellowship. God has made us a holy nation, a people of His possession, putting us into fellowship with all believers everywhere and in smaller groups we call “church.” We share in life with one another, and this fills our hearts with rejoicing. We walk with God and with one another. We have a sense of being aliens and strangers in this world, and God empowers us to engage in a spiritual warfare to overcome the attempts of the darkness to encroach on our freedom and our fellowship through the temptation of sin and evil. His power enables us to experience the victory.
These are at least two praises that we declare to our world.
Father, Help us this day to be faithful in declaring Your praises to our world. Amen.
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