A Special People

In Exodus 19, God was speaking to Moses, his spokesman:  "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.  Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.  And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

There two points from this passage that we will consider in this blog entry.  The first is that the people of God are very special to Him.  For sure He loves everybody.  But it is different for those who are followers and believers. 

In the New Testament, Titus 2:14 speaks of Jesus, "who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people...."  God knows His people, and they/we are special to Him. 

Then there is 1 Peter 2:9 where the scripture says, "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy."

And Revelation 1:5, "To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever, Amen."  To God we are kings and priests....pretty great stuff. 

But there is the second point in the initial passage: We must obey.  He will make us greater than we can even understand....but we must be true followers of Jesus, true to His covenant and His will.  We must do it His way.  We do that by reading and understanding His Word, the Bible....and then by following it, by following Jesus.  Let's do it!  Just do it!

And there it is....one more time.  Thanks for reading.  All the best to you!