But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9
The other day I heard someone talk about how we so often are ruled by our feelings. Then he asked this question, how many things of importance and significance that happened to you was because of how you felt?
And he gave examples; the job you got, did you get it for your ability to do it or because you felt like you could do it. Did you pass a test because you felt like it or studied for it? Did someone become your friend, because you felt like a friend, or because of you are? And the list goes on. None of those important things happened because of how you felt, but because of you are, a good worker, someone who prepares, someone who is a cares about others.
The same is with our position in Christ. We may not always feel like we are loved and cared for by God because we failed in some way or past disappointments. But today’s verse reminds us who we are in Him and that never changes, we are His possession’s bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, no matter how we feel. This is so important because when we know not only who we are in Him but also Whose we are it will overcome our feelings and help us remember what we know. We are children of the most High God! Don’t let your feelings steal one more thing from you, stand on what you know to be true.
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